L914 Crystal Framed 'Mimoides Pausanias

Framed 'Mimoides Pausanias

This mineral is somewhat uncommon

Holes are punched along the outlines of the original design followed by "pouncing" which is the application of powdered pigments that leaves a series of dots to create the tracing for the piece

and historically significant

L914 Crystal Framed 'Mimoides Pausanias18th century Italian 'Florence Fragment' with fossil coral adorned with tourmaline in matrix with gold leaf and miniature shells. 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 gilding and silt left on the piece to uphold the integrity, craftsmanship, and history of sculptural fragment. The fragment is adorned with crushed minerals and shells to