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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Subject
Secular. Memento mori.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 63.5mm

Side 1: head of a young woman (Youth); chain.
Side 2: skeleton (Death); vermin; worms; toad; lizard.
Engraved inscription: 'COGITA MORI'.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on both sides.

Provenance
Sotheby's, 2 July 1973, lot 118. 'Fonds Boucquillon' in 2010.

Bibliography
Entre Paradis et Enfer. Mourir au Moyen Age, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, Musée Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, 2010, no. 156.

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