Лот 30 - Auction 261

Лот 30

German elephant ivory Vanitas with skull - 18th century
Оценка:
1.500,00/2.000,00 €
Базовая стоимость лотов:
900,00 EUR
Текущее предложение:
0,00 EUR

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German elephant ivory Vanitas with skull - 18th century

""Memento Mori"", Vanitas represented by an elephant ivory skull (Loxodonta africana Blumenbach, 1797 or Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758) 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: 5.2 x 6 x 6.2 cm. Weight: 157 g.


Item condition grading: **** good.


Accompanied by CITES certificate.

This lot is available for sale only with shipments within the European Union; the CITES certificate for export outside the European Community can only be requested for lots sold to museums.

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