■ BENITIER EN CORAIL DE TRAPANI ET CUIVRE DORE SICILE,... Lot 1021

■ BENITIER EN CORAIL DE TRAPANI ET CUIVRE DORE SICILE, FIRST HALF OF THE XVIIth CENTURY Simulating the façade of a baroque church with a coral facing of various scrolls and bosses, garlands and putti in round and high relief, at three levels of elevation : the first two supported by double open-torsoed columns and topped with Corinthian capitals, the last one topped by a pediment intersected and underlined by a balustrade, the portal surmounted by two angels once forming a niche, decorated with a Redeemer God inscribed in an associated glory on a restored lapis lazuli background, the font in the lower part, hemispherical and supported by two angels; the layout of the central niche transformed, small lacks and replacements H.: 71 cm. (28 in.); W.: 44 cm. (17 1/3 in.) Estimate (USD 119,061 - USD 238,121) To bid, please see the "Auction Information" section.