Tabernacle aedicula, Tuscany 15th century, height... Lot 1305

Tabernacle aedicula, Tuscany 15th century, height 120 x width 56 x depth 17 cm, stone, in the style of the Italian early renaissance. Early Renaissance structure, rectangular tabernacle door opening into an arched niche cavity, surmounted by a round arch with shell motif, flanked by flat pillars with volute capitals and decorative pilaster supports in the form of candelabra. Straight, high entablature with cymation frieze. Crowned by a semi-circular arch with tongue-leaf frieze, in the arch half-figure of Christ in three-quarter relief, lateral rosettes with raising palmettes. Below the base are centrally descending cornucopias, between them a winged angel head. Fine sculptural work, meticulously executed in Botticino marble, with slightly speckled patina due to age. Roughly hewn on the sides and verso for masonry. Mounted on a modern iron frame. Expert opinion: According to expert documentation by Dr. Guendalina Serafinelli attributed to the circle of Mino da Fiesole. Bibliography attached to the expert opinion: E.Cecchi, La scultura fiorentina del Quattrocento, Milano 1956. Cionini, Luisani, M. Mino da Fiesole, Milano 1966. F. Borsi, Firenze del Cinquecento, Roma 1974. Pope Hennessy, La scultura italiana del Rinascimento, Torino 1986. J. Poeschke, Donatello and his time, Munich 1990. Marcham, Schulz, The sculpture of Bernardo Seliono and his Workshop, London, 1997. This object has been checked at the Art Loss Register database and is not registered there as stolen or missing.