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Rosary bead, 2 faces (chapelet)

Rosary bead, 2 faces (chapelet)
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Subject
Secular. Memento Mori.

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Stuttgart, Landesmuseum Württemberg

Inv. KK braun-blau 17

Ivory

Height: 38mm

Side 1: head of a man (Old Age).
Side 2: skull (Death); worms; vermin; spider; lizard.
Engraved German inscription in Gothic script on a scroll: 'vado mori al.hernach.f.k.1504.'

Museum's opinion 2012: German, 1504


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
From the Kunstkammer of the Dukes of Württemberg.


Image

© Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart. Foto: H. Zwietasch.

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