Gothic Ivories Project | Rosary bead, 4 faces (chapelet) (Side 2)

Rosary bead, 4 faces (chapelet) (Side 2)

Rosary bead, 4 faces (chapelet) (Side 2)

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Subject
Secular. Memento Mori.

Repository Institution
www.landesmuseum-stuttgart.de

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Stuttgart, Landesmuseum Württemberg

Inv. KK braun-blau 15

Ivory

Height: 38mm

Side 1: head of a queen.
Side 2: head of a lady.
Side 3: head of an old woman or female corpse.
Side 4: skull (Death); vermin; worms.
Foliated decoration.

Museum's opinion 2012: France, beginning of the 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on all sides.

Object Condition
Some vertical cracks.

Provenance
From the Kunstkammer of the Dukes of Württemberg.

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