Bidspirit auction | Composition with coral, Italy, 18th-19th

Composition with coral, Italy, 18th-19th centuries - Height x width: 17 x 12 cm. Diameter: 8.5 cm. Weight: 540 g formed by a circular dark green marble base that supports a modelled gilded bronze cherub. The figure, seated with one leg bent and the other stretched out, turns its head slightly upwards; its right arm is raised to hold a branch of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum) on which a large baroque pearl is mounted, used as a connecting element between the cherub and the coral. Provenance: Count Luigi Rigi Luperti collection.