Gothic Ivories Project | Rosary bead, 2 faces (chapelet) (Side 1)

Rosary bead, 2 faces (chapelet) (Side 1)

Rosary bead, 2 faces (chapelet) (Side 1)

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Subject
Religious. Memento mori. Old Testament.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Side 1: David in bust holding the severed head of Goliath; sword; helmet.
Side 2: Lucretia in bust.
Foliated decoration.

Williamson and Davies 2014: French or South Netherlandish (Bruges?), c. 1530.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 10 December 1992, lot 242.

Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 165.

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