Rosary, ca. 1500–1525, German, Ivory, silver, and partially gilded mounts, Overall: 24 11/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (62.7 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm), Ivories, Each of the memento mori beads at the ends shows a human face on one side (apparently that of a monk) that is stripped of its flesh on the other. Some of the medallion beads seem to express the same notion, showing a fashionably dressed figure on one side and a skeleton on the other
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Rosary, ca, 1500–1525, German, Ivory, silver, partially gilded mounts, Overall, 24 11/16 x 2 1/8 1 3/4, 62.7 5.4 4.5 cm, Ivories, memento mori beads, ends, human face, side, apparently, monk, stripped, flesh, medallion, express, notion, showing, fashionably dressed, figure, skeleton
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