POSSIBLY PORTUGESE COLONIAL, 16TH CENTURY
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a wooden mother-of-pearl and brass-inlaid cross and stand
Possibly Portugese colonial, 16th Century
The cross inlaid with engraved mother-of-pearl emblems of the Sun and the Moon, The Holy Ghost and the Instruments of the Passion, the stand inlaid with IHS monogram and flanked by skulls, mounted with a later 18th Century carved boxwood Corpus and a metal repoussé plaque inscribed INRI
Overall 68cm. high x 31cm. wide; the Corpus 28cm. high
Possibly Portugese colonial, 16th Century
The cross inlaid with engraved mother-of-pearl emblems of the Sun and the Moon, The Holy Ghost and the Instruments of the Passion, the stand inlaid with IHS monogram and flanked by skulls, mounted with a later 18th Century carved boxwood Corpus and a metal repoussé plaque inscribed INRI
Overall 68cm. high x 31cm. wide; the Corpus 28cm. high