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LOT 926 A small Trapani coral devotional plaquePierced and gilded copper panel with white email champlevé

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A small Trapani coral devotional plaque Pierced and gilded copper panel with white email champlevé and carved red coral. Depicting the Madonna Immaculata surrounded by eight winged angel's heads in an oval niche within an elongated octagonal surround set with eight pierced tendril motifs applied with eight small coral flowerheads. Some minor losses to the enamel. H 14.7, W 12.5 cm. Sicily, late 17th/early 18th C. The story of the coral carving workshops of Trapani began long before the recorded discovery of the first great coral mines in the 14th century, when Jewish families from the Maghreb came to Sicily to make a living cleaning and processing the coral found there by local fishermen. In their works, small coral sculptures, cabochons, and branches are inserted into copper panels through pre-drilled holes. The small pieces of coral are affixed with a special glue made from pitch, wax, and fabric and then covered on the reverse with another copper panel, which is often engraved and decorated. The growing demand for these works throughout the 17th century led the artisans to change their technique slightly, and the coral sculptures were then attached to the plaques with copper wire, as seen in this work. All of the appliques, plaques, sculptures, mirror frames, and writing utensils made in the workshops of Trapani display the same design conventions, determined on the one hand by the reduced polychromy of the materials (red, white, and gold) and by the density of the details on the other. The resulting effect is akin to that of an Oriental carpet. By the end of the 18th century, almost all of the coral reefs had been thoroughly depleted, and the industry at Trapani disappeared. Provenance Private collection, Copenhagen. Kleines Andachtsbild aus Trapani Kupfer, graviert, gesägt und vergoldet, weißes Email champlevé, geschnitzte rote Koralle. Plastische Darstellung der Immaculata mit acht geflügelten Engelsköpfen in einer konkaven Ovalnische. Länglich oktogonaler Rahmen, umlaufend besetzt mit acht durchbrochen gesägten Spitzenranken, darauf appliziert acht kleine Korallenblüten. Wenige winzige Emailverluste. H 14,7, B 12,5 cm. Sizilien, Ende 17./Anfang 18. Jh. Die Geschichte der Korallenmanufaktur von Trapani begann schon vor der überlieferten Entdeckung einer großen Korallenmine im 14. Jahrhundert. Jüdische Familien aus dem Maghreb zogen nach Sizilien, um sich mit der Reinigung und Weiterverarbeitung des von den heimischen Fischern aus dem Meer gewonnen Rohstoffs einen Broterwerb zu sichern. Die kleinen Skulpturen, Cabochons und Ästchen wurden von hinten in zuvor gebohrtes Kupferblech eingefügt. Dabei wurden kleine Korallenstücke mit einem Spezialkleber aus Pech, Wachs und Stoff fixiert und dann auf der Rückseite mit einer weiteren Kupferplatte abgedeckt, die oft mit Gravuren und Abdrücken verziert war. Mit der wachsenden Nachfrage im Verlauf des 17. Jahrhunderts änderte sich die Technik insofern, als dass die Kleinskulpturen oft mit Drähten befestigt wurden, wie an diesem Schrein zu sehen ist. Alle Applikationsobjekte, Plaketten, Skulpturen, Spiegelrahmen oder Schreibzeuge, weisen eine bestimmte Gestaltung auf, die einerseits von der eingeschränkten Farbigkeit (Gold-Rot-Weiß), andererseits auch von der Detaildichte bestimmt wird. Die evozierte Wirkung erinnert an Orientteppiche. Am Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts waren fast alle Korallenriffe abgebaut, die Industrie in Trapani verschwand. Provenienz Kopenhagener Privatsammlung.

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