Lot Essay
For a similar example in the Nasser D. Khalili collection see Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley (eds.), Meiji no Takara, Treasures of Imperial Japan, Enamel, (London, 1994), no.78
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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A Gilt-Silver Cloisonné Crucifix
Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Finely enamelled with a lozenge diaper ground, with four-lobed panels depicting emblems of the Crucifixion, with applied cast figure of Christ, silver and gilt mounts
29cm. high
Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Finely enamelled with a lozenge diaper ground, with four-lobed panels depicting emblems of the Crucifixion, with applied cast figure of Christ, silver and gilt mounts
29cm. high