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Lot 342 - Auction 244

"Memento Mori", skull shaped Almoner - 18th century, Italy - France ?
Estimate:
2.500,00/3.500,00 €
Price:
1.800,00 EUR



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"Memento Mori", skull shaped Almoner - 18th century, Italy - France ?

"Memento Mori" - Vanitas, carved wood with top handle and hinged back door.
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: 10 x 8 x 5 cm. Weight 400 g.
Item condition grading: **** good.
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