☼A RELIQUARY IN CORAL, GILT COPPER, AND SILVER, Trapani, XVIII century

h cm 37,5 x l cm 30

A rare lobed gilt-copper reliquary, adorned with projecting flowers in chased and repoussé silver, enhanced with coral mounts mimicking foliate motifs, and centred by a silver scrollwork garland enclosing a figure of a red coral saint. Weight tot g 722