M249 cross Rare black coral on a

Rare black coral on a pyrite mineral with a fossilized sea shell

Size: 29 in high x 16 in wide x 8 in deep

in una mostra a Firenze

The hand-carved and gilded vases originally came from a church in Italy

M249 cross Rare black coral on aSculptural 18th century hand carved Florence Fragment vase with a serpulorbis imbricatus and siliquaria fossil shell formations and mounted on an agate with crystal druzy cube cut base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966. There is still the original paint and silt left on the piece to uphold the integrity, craftsmanship, and history of the sculptural fragment. They