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Lot 341 - Auction 244

Continental ceramic skull - 20th century
Estimate:
500,00/600,00 €
Price:
380,00 EUR



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Lot status:
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Continental ceramic skull - 20th century

‘Memento Mori' depicting a skull.
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.
Height x width x depth: 15 x 20 x 13 cm.
Item condition grading: **** good.

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