OBJETO APOTROPAICO Italy Material: Loza

Material: Loza

French fruit bowls from the late 19th century

which rises elegantly to the candelabra's arms

decorativa y practica por su capacidad de almacenamiento

OBJETO APOTROPAICO Italy Material: LozaMaterial: Red coral Origin: Ionian Coast, Sicily, prior to 1910 Measurements: 8 cm long x 4 cm wide x 20 cm high A tiny decorative piece consisting of an Ethiopian brazier and a fragment of red coral from the Ionian Sea. The chryselephantine receptacle predates the Italian invasion of Eritrea (1895) and is engraved with low relief punch incisions and painted with a perimeter border. We assume it was used in the Alexandrian liturgical rites of the