A pair of gilt copper and coral candlesticks, Trapani, 17th century. Estimate: € 20,000 / € 30,000. Photo Wannenes Art Auction.
basic triangular section with volute feet, baluster stem, bobeche engraved cylindrical, surface and 'covered with coral branches cut quill, comma, rosette, a small sphere and foglia- wear, defects, some omissions and substitutions Alt. 48 cm, larg. 14.5 cm
NoOur chandeliers are part of an important and critical selection of works on display in 2013 in Catania and Trapani on the occasion of the exhibition 'The corals Trapani seventeenth and eighteenth century' and published on its catalog (AA.VV, eds, 'The great masterpieces of coral', Milan, 2013, p. 120, pl. 54). bibliography: A. Daneu, 'The Art of Trapani coral', sl 1975 Tav. XIV (b)
WANNENES ART AUCTIONS , 16123 GENES. Furniture, Scupture and Work of Art from the Collection of Salvatore Iermano and Guiseppe Tirenna, 23 Septembre 2015 à 10h et 15h30