Memento Mori Ring, An enameled gold ring with memento mori motifs. The central motive is an open book with a text from Phillips 1-21: 'Life is my Christi, Dying is my Profit.' On the shoulder of the ring on the left a winged figure and on the right a skull with crossed bones. Underneath a time glass / hourglass. On the inside of the ring is an inscription: 'our life is a damage on earth'., anonymous, Northern Netherlands, c. 1620 - c. 1650, gold (metal), forging, d 25 mm
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Memento Mori Ring, enameled gold ring, memento mori motifs, central motive, open book, text, Phillips 1-21, Life, my Christi, Dying, my Profit, shoulder, ring, left, winged figure, right, skull, crossed bones, Underneath, time glass, hourglass, inside, inscription, our life, damage, earth, Northern Netherlands, c, 1620, 1650, gold, metal, forging
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