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Rosary bead, 2 faces (chapelet) (Side)

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

Side 2

Side

Side 1

Side 2

Side

Side

Side

Subject
Secular. Memento mori.


Private collection, UK (in 2014)

S/n

Wood (stand);ivory

Height: 60 mm
Width: 40 mm
Depth: 52 mm

Side 1: head of an old man (Old Age).
Side 3: skull (Death); vermin; worms; toads.
Scrolls with inscriptionS: 'ANSI SERONS NOVS'; 'WI OV DEMAIN'.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Private collection, Essex (in 2014; inherited by the present owner from his grandfather).


Image

© private collection, UK (2014).

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