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ANTIQUE #SA916026

19th Century Italian Marble Skull Vanitas Memento Mori Bust

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Kendall House Antiques Ltd.

White marble skull with Red marble shroud on White marble volutes decorated socle. Un signed. Old repair to rear of base. Purchased by ourselves from Vienna.
 
75 cm high.
 
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The Latin phrase memento mori, ''Remember that you must die'' has its origins in ancient Rome, where it is believed that slaves accompanying generals on victory parades whispered the words as a reminder of their commander’s mortality, to prevent them from being consumed by hubris.
 
 
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19th Century
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Kendall House Antiques Ltd.
Kendall House Antiques a traditional shop in the North Cotswold’s Market town of Chipping Campden.
Gloucestershire
United Kingdom
Tel: 07880 602715
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD