Altar cross in gilded copper, coral enamel, amethyst, decorated with foliage scrolls and flowers, tripod base decorated with a vase, two dolphins forming the handles.
Engraved
H.51 cm
TRAPANI XVIIth century (accidents, lacks, restorations),
Bibliography
G. C. Ascione, Storia del coralli a Napoli dal XVI al XIX secolo, Naples, 1991, p. 23, fig. 12.
M. Concetta Di Natale and C. Del Mare ed., Mirabilia coralii - capolavori barocchi in corallo tra maestranze ebraiche e trapanesi, Naples,2009.
Catania, Palazzo Valle, Puglisi Cosentino Foundation, Trapani, Museo Interdisciplinare Regionale "Agostino Pepoli", I grandi capolavori del corallo - I coralli di Trapani del XVII e XVIII secolo, March 3, 2013-May 5, 2013, May 18, 2013-June 30, 2013, V. P. Li Vigni et al., Milano, 2013, pp. 114-5, figs. 48-49.
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