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Pendant with a Memento Mori, second half of the 16th century, gilded enamel. Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire
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Pendant with a Memento Mori, second half of the 16th century, gilded enamel. Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire
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Memento Mori on a rosary from the early 16th century, carved ivory. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Memento Mori on a rosary from the early 16th century, carved ivory. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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"Cabinet for Toys" Austria, second half of the 19th century. Materials: ebony, bronze, enamel, bone, bronze
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"Cabinet for Toys" Austria, second half of the 19th century. Materials: ebony, bronze, enamel, bone, bronze
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Enthroned Vishnu, Pandya Empire.
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Enthroned Vishnu, Pandya Empire.
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Unique Roman gold pendant with a face-shaped cameo. Dated to the 2nd century CE.
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Unique Roman gold pendant with a face-shaped cameo. Dated to the 2nd century CE.
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Pendant in the form of a grape from the early 17th century Southern Germany. Made of “Monstrous pearl”, gold, enamel, rubies. Now housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum
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Pendant in the form of a grape from the early 17th century Southern Germany. Made of “Monstrous pearl”, gold, enamel, rubies. Now housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum
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Memento Mori carved from ivory, hung from a rosary. Crafted in the 16th century.
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Memento Mori carved from ivory, hung from a rosary. Crafted in the 16th century.
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Bronze fugu-censer, Japan, Meiji period, second half of the 19th century
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Bronze fugu-censer, Japan, Meiji period, second half of the 19th century
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This gold and enamel ring was made in Italy in the 17th-century. Diamonds are set in the skull’s eye sockets and nose, and in the crossbones. Memento mori rings – from the Latin ‘remember that you must die’ – were intended to remind the wearer of the brevity of life.
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This gold and enamel ring was made in Italy in the 17th-century. Diamonds are set in the skull’s eye sockets and nose, and in the crossbones. Memento mori rings – from the Latin ‘remember that you must die’ – were intended to remind the wearer of the brevity of life.
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The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire , second half of the 10th century.
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The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire , second half of the 10th century.
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The Royal Gold Cup or Saint Agnes Cup, end of the 14th century
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The Royal Gold Cup or Saint Agnes Cup, end of the 14th century
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Hand carved copy of 19th century memento mori skull
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Hand carved copy of 19th century memento mori skull
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German Pendant in Pearl,gold and enamel late 16th century. Wallace Collection Museum London.
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German Pendant in Pearl,gold and enamel late 16th century. Wallace Collection Museum London.
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Stari Grad is a fortress near the city of Užice, in central Serbia. Historians believe it was built in the second half of the 14th century CE to control movement along nearby roads, and the town of Užice
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Stari Grad is a fortress near the city of Užice, in central Serbia. Historians believe it was built in the second half of the 14th century CE to control movement along nearby roads, and the town of Užice
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The 10th-century cross of the Chkondidi Martvili Monastery, ornamented with gold and silver, cloisonné enamel, and pearls.
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The 10th-century cross of the Chkondidi Martvili Monastery, ornamented with gold and silver, cloisonné enamel, and pearls.
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“Chlorite pendant in the form of the head of a Black African”
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“Chlorite pendant in the form of the head of a Black African”
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A 16th Century CE emerald dragon pendant from Spain. Rothschild Collection Via the Albion Art Institute
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A 16th Century CE emerald dragon pendant from Spain. Rothschild Collection Via the Albion Art Institute
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Enamelled gold scent flask pendant, in the form of a cat on a cushion set with an emerald, rubies and pearls, Western Europe, about 1860-80.
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Enamelled gold scent flask pendant, in the form of a cat on a cushion set with an emerald, rubies and pearls, Western Europe, about 1860-80.
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Al-'Aziz ewer, rock crystal, Cairo, 1001-10, with 16th century gold and enamel mounts
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Al-'Aziz ewer, rock crystal, Cairo, 1001-10, with 16th century gold and enamel mounts
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The Qabr Hiram mosaic is a Byzantine mosaic from the second half of the 6th century CE, excavated in 1861 from the Saint Christopher church in Lebanon. Now housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris
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The Qabr Hiram mosaic is a Byzantine mosaic from the second half of the 6th century CE, excavated in 1861 from the Saint Christopher church in Lebanon. Now housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris
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