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Unpublished.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.
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