Pendant Memento Mori Red Corallum Rubrum Italy 18th Century

Height x width x depth: 3.5 x 2 x 3 cm.  Peso: 21 gr.
"Memento Mori" Vanitas represented by a Red Mediterranean Corallum Rubrum skull carved in the round; in the upper side a ring.

A vanitas is a symbolic work of art showing the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death.
The skull was the symbol of death from the 1500s onwards; previously death was represented as a skeleton. Skulls were very popular in the Baroque period and were not only an essential part of any Wonderland Room (Wunderkammer), but also acted as contemplative reminders of mortality.

Price: € 2.500
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Pendant Memento Mori Red Corallum Rubrum  Italy 18th Century
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