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

Rosary bead, 2 faces (chapelet) (Bottom)

Rosary bead, 2 faces (chapelet) (Bottom)

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Subject
Secular. Memento mori.

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Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum

Inv. 960.218.3

Ivory

Height: 750mm

Side 1: head of a young woman.
Side 2: skull (Death); frog; worms.
Inscription: 'NEST TIL POINT POSSIBLE'.

Museum's opinion 2012: France or Flemish, 15th-16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: left lower part of side 1; triangular break below the skull. Hole visible on side 1.

Provenance
Bought from the art dealer Alfred Spero, London in 1960.

Image

Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum, © ROM.

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