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

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

Subject
Secular. Memento mori.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 63 mm

Side 1: head of man in profile; fashionable dress.
Side 2: not seen. Inscription: 'COGITA MORI'.
Foliated decoration.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1986, lot 295. Sotheby's, London, 10 December 1992, lot 243. Christie's, London, 29 June 1994 (?).


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© Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

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