Rosary Bead with the Crucifixion and Resurrection, ca. 1500–1525, Made in Germany, Spanish, Ivory, polychromy, silver-gilt mount, Overall (open): 4 7/16 x 5 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (11.2 x 13.7 x 3.3 cm), Ivories, The outside of each half is carved in the form of a scallop shell, the emblem of Saint James and of pilgrimages, perhaps indicating that the object was intended for use on such a journey.
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Rosary Bead, Crucifixion, Resurrection, ca, 1500–1525, Germany, Spanish, Ivory, polychromy, silver-gilt mount, Overall, open, 4 7/16 x 5 3/8 1 5/16, 11.2 13.7 3.3 cm, Ivories, outside, half, carved, form, scallop shell, emblem, Saint James, pilgrimages, perhaps indicating, object, intended, journey
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