This gilded brass and copper artwork represents a shrub on a fossiliferous limestone packed with ancient marine shell fragments and fossil impressions
Gilded tag on stone metionning Gallineta Helicolenus dactylopterus
“Gallineta” is the Spanish common name for Helicolenus dactylopterus, in English known as Bluemouth Rockfish
The text on the plate makes reference to the prehistoric marine contents of the stone
The sculpture looks like a stylised bonzai tree
Patinated Gilded brass is slightly oxidised in some places
Total weight of 4.9 kg
Unique mid-century Spanish artwork