Object Description
An Unusual German Carved Ivory Double Sided Vanitas Rosary Bead Depicting a Skull to One Side and the Decayed Head of a Man to the Other
Old smooth silky patina
17th Century
Size: a. 4cm high, 2.5cm wide, 3.5cm deep – 1½ ins high, 1 ins wide, 1¼ ins deep / 7.5cm high – 3 ins high (with base)