Gothic Ivories Project | Rosary bead, 3 faces (chapelet) (Side 1)

Rosary bead, 3 faces (chapelet) (Side 1)

Rosary bead, 3 faces (chapelet) (Side 1)

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Subject
Religious.

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Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe

Inv. 1921.175

Bone

Height: 28mm
Depth: 25mm

Side 1: face of Christ.
Side 2: face of a young man.
Side 3: skull (Death).

Museum's opinion 2013: German, early 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Hollow in the middle. A pierced piece of bone has been inserted inside to narrow down the hole.

Provenance
Purchased from Einstein & Co., Munich, 1921.

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