Pendant to a Rosary or Chaplet
Date1500/1525
MediumIvory
ClassificationsSculpture
Dimensions2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, General Art Purchase Fund, Insurance Recovery Fund, David L. Klein, Jr. Memorial Foundation, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Fund, Henry Ford II Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton Fund for Medieval Art, with additional funds from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton
Object number1990.315
DescriptionThe ivory pendant has two faces. On one side is a death mask and the other has a skull covered with snakes and other reptiles. The inscription around the collarbone is: "O MORS QUAM AMARA EST MEMORIA TUA." Red pigment fills the incised inscription.On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, Euro. Sculpture & Decorative Art
1100-1200
1290 BC
17th Century
1665
1430/1460
19th Century
1926
1854
c. 1470
907/1053
1100/1400