Lot n° 39
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Pyramid-shaped base plated with gilded brass and inlaid with - Lot 39
Pyramid-shaped base plated with gilded brass and inlaid with comma-shaped motifs in red coral on three sides, the latter adorned with a grotesque head in the center and acanthus leaves at the corners. The chased, gilded and engraved bronze mounts rest on four griffins.
Trapani, 17th century
Probably the base of an inkwell
Height 15 Width 17.5 Depth 16 cm
Minor chips and restorations :
- Catalog for the exhibition "L'art du corail en Sicile", Trapani, Museo Regionale Agostino Pepoli, March 1-June 1, 1986, in which a complete inkwell similar to ours is shown at no. 41.
- Daneu, 1964, p. 150, no. 216
- Tartamella, 1985, p. 311, no. 7
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