A RARE CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID WOOD APOSTLE CROSS

A RARE CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID WOOD APOSTLE CROSS

17TH/18TH CENTURY

Decorated to one side with blossoming flower branches, the four ends with stylised flowerheads issuing from leafy scrolls, 45.5cm.

Provenance: from the collection of an aristocratic Spanish family.

Cf. Christie's London, 11th May 2015, lot 14, for a similar mother of pearl inlaid cross.