Salucci by Four Crowns

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The bust is based on a Roman cuirass with drapery over the shoulder. The neck, a branch with cut twigs, … Read more The bust is based on a Roman cuirass with drapery over the shoulder. The neck, a branch with cut twigs, refers to the club of Hercules. The Etruscan-style hand with its bronze eye derives from a well-known emblem which advises us to act with circumspection.

The Capricci Collection is a series of archaeological anagrams, like the fruits of an excavation piled up, rather than separated and ordered. Each piece is an accumulation of artefacts gathered from disparate civilisations, paying homage to the teachings of past epochs.

Salucci asks us to think introspectively about who we are as a society and what we want to be remembered for over the next millennia.

Principally, the term capriccio denotes a fanciful arrangement of ruins. Mainly used in the 17th century, the word is often associated with Piranesi, who faithfully rendered archaeological material like a Roman triumph - in an apparently random fashion, but with a careful, underlying structure.

This collection pioneers the possibilities of working with scagliola in the round. Signed by Maker,Labeled by Maker,Labeled with Country of Origin See less