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21 dicembre 2021 ore 12:00 CET
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ЛОТ 2:
German ivory Vanitas with skull and the crucifixion of Christ - 16th-17th Century
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Продан за: €4 200
Стартовая цена:
€
4 000
Эстимейт :
€10 000 - €15 000
Комиссия аукционного дома: 26%
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German ivory Vanitas with skull and the crucifixion of Christ - 16th-17th Century
Memento Mori' Vanitas represented by an elephant ivory skull (Loxodonta africana Blumenbach, 1797 or Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758) carved in full round with frogs, salamanders and worms; on the back side the crucifixion of Christ with God the Father, St Joseph and the Virgin.
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 5.5 x 5 x 3.9 cm. Weight 101.3 gr. Item condition grading: **** good (a fracture on the front side, losses).
Accompanied by Ce.S.Ar. Centro Studi Archeometrici certificate of authenticity (pre-1947).
