(slideshow) Coral: Sacred art from the seas - Page 2

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Gilt and coral religious objects were a speciality of Trapani in Sicily. This 17th-century shrine commemorates a local saint, Rosalia, who was often invoked in times of plague.

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© Photo by L. de Guise courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum

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