Asian Art II - 18th May 2022
Lot 714
A RARE CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID WOOD APOSTLE CROSS
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £350
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Description
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.