M183 Mirror the elements create a historic

the elements create a historic yet contemporary and figurative work of old and new

This collection pays homage to the Medici dynasty - the powerful Italian banking family and political dynasty that rose to prominence in Florence during the Renaissance

Bought from a collector in Queensland

They are mounted with the fossil agate coral to look as though the fragments and natural specimens evolved together over time

M183 Mirror the elements create a historicSculptural 18th century Italian gilded corona, sunrays, figure of Christ, and angel and adorned with baroque pearls mounted on selenite crystal. This piece is based on Revelation 22: 1 which reads, Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. It was a featured piece exhibiting with Il Sacro NellArte or The Sacred in Art in the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata opening