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

Rosary bead, 2 faces (chapelet) (Side)

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Side 1

Side 2

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Subject
Secular. Memento Mori.

Repository Institution
www.landesmuseum-stuttgart.de

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Stuttgart, Landesmuseum Württemberg

Inv. KK braun-blau 18

Ivory

Height: 54mm

Side 1: head of man.
Side 2: skull (Death); worms; vermin; toad; lizard.
Engraved inscriptions in Gothic script.

Museum's opinion 2012: Netherlands or Germany (Rhineland or Southern Germany), end of the 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
From the Kunstkammer of the Dukes of Württemberg.

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