A MOMOYAMA PERIOD CHRISTIAN FOLDING MISSAL STAND (shokendai) decorated in aogai and hiramakie with a central sunburst halo containing the monogram of the Society of Jesus IHS (Jesu Hominum Salvator), surmounted by a cross above the three nails of the crucifixion, surrounded by tachibana, within a geometric kikyo border, the feet cut away with a decorative outline in Baroque style, the front foot panel decorated with further flowering branches, the reverse with fuyo surrounded by Namban tendril, the edges with a simple aogai geometric design (inlay and lacquer loss to areas of front and back, restored feet), late 16th/early 17th century

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A MOMOYAMA PERIOD CHRISTIAN FOLDING MISSAL STAND (shokendai) decorated in aogai and hiramakie with a central sunburst halo containing the monogram of the Society of Jesus IHS (Jesu Hominum Salvator), surmounted by a cross above the three nails of the crucifixion, surrounded by tachibana, within a geometric kikyo border, the feet cut away with a decorative outline in Baroque style, the front foot panel decorated with further flowering branches, the reverse with fuyo surrounded by Namban tendril, the edges with a simple aogai geometric design (inlay and lacquer loss to areas of front and back, restored feet), late 16th/early 17th century
34cm. high

Lot Essay

Five similar examples were sold in these Rooms, 22 November 1983, lot 122, 27 November, 1984, lot 18, 19 November 1985, lot 30, 14 June 1989, lot 236 and 23 November 1992, lot 380

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