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Rosary bead, 2 faces (chapelet)

Rosary bead, 2 faces (chapelet)
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Side 2

Side 1

Subject
Secular. Memento mori.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 36mm

Side 1: head of youth.
Side 2: skull (Death); toads; worms; vermin. Inscription: [...] SERONS [...].

Unpublished.


Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
On the art market in Amsterdam in 1979.


Image

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