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Rosary bead, 3 faces (Side 1)

Rosary bead, 3 faces (Side 1)
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Subject
Religious. Secular.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 32mm

Side 1: face of Christ; crown of thorns.
Side 2: face of the Virgin.
Side 3: skull (Death).

Unpublished.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Vertical drill hole through the centre for suspension. The jaw of the skull is missing.

Provenance
Christie's, London, 5 December 1995, lot 38.


Image

Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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