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

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

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

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Side 1

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Subject
Secular. Memento mori.

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Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 65mm

Side 1: Head of veiled woman.
Inscription on the base: 'ESPOIR EN DIEU'.
Side 2: Skull (Death); worms; vermin.
Inscription on the forehead: 'I.H.S' and on the base: 'MEMENTO'.

Koechlin Number: 1237

Koechlin 1924: Northern France or Flanders, early 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Collection of Martin Le Roy, Neuilly-sur-Seine (in 1924).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 449; II, no. 1237.

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