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LOT 2074
Stuart Period Carved Bone Janus Chaplet Bead
FRANCE, 17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (100 grams total, 48 mm includin stand).
Janiform, carved with the head of Christ to one side and to the other a skull, from a Rosary; with a turned bronze display stand.
Provenance
Private collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
Footnotes
Originally part of a rosary; the head of Christ acting as an object of personal devotion, the skull as a reminder of his great sacrifice for our sins and of our own mortality. The gentle wear and warm patination are a testament to the years of devoted veneration by its previous owners.
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