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284 | BONHAMS A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID WOOD CROSS
FOR THE CHRISTIAN MARKET IN ASIA
19th century
The wooden cross inlaid with incised mother-of-
pearl to create designs of blooming lotus, grape
vines with curling tendrils, small flowers and leafy
sprays, all encompassed within an elegant single
line border, Japanese inscription on the reverse.
68.5cm (27in) long

£5,000 - 8,000
HK$55,000 - 88,000 CNY46,000 - 73,000

十九世紀 木胎螺鈿卷草紋十字架

Provenance: S.E. Mgr Caza (label)
A private Scottish collection
來源：S.E. Mgr Caza (標籤)
蘇格蘭私人收藏

Making up a design known as cross botonée, used
in Western heraldic and religious art, the three upper
terminals were thought to represent the Trinity.
Compare with a related cross sold at Christie’s
London, 11 May 2015, lot 14.

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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID LACQUER CUP
Qianli mark, Qing Dynasty
With deep rounded sides raising from a short,
straight foot to a flared rim, finely decorated with
two cartouches each depicting a scholar and an
attendant gazing at a riverscape, reserved on a
diaper trellis, all inlaid with mother-of-pearl, silver
and gold foils on a deep-brown lacquer ground.
9.2cm (3 5/8in) diam.

£2,000 - 3,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000 CNY18,000 - 28,000

清 黑漆螺鈿錦地開光仕女山水圖小盃
螺鈿「千里」篆書款