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LOT 27:
German amber Vanitas with skull - 18th century
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Start price:
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2,200
Estimated price :
€3,500 - €5,500
Buyer's Premium: 26%
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German amber Vanitas with skull - 18th century
""Memento Mori"", Vanitas represented by an amber skull carved in the full round. 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 Chamber of Wonders (Wunderkammer), but also acted as contemplative reminders of mortality.
Height x width x depth: 8.2 x 6 x 7.6 cm. Weight: 210 g.
Item condition grading: **** good.
