A 17th century Italian bone memento mori, the obverse with the Head of Christ, symbolic of the Resurrection, the reverse with a skull, signifying mortality and human frailty -- 1¼in. (3.2cm.) high.

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A 17th century Italian bone memento mori, the obverse with the Head of Christ, symbolic of the Resurrection, the reverse with a skull, signifying mortality and human frailty -- 1¼in. (3.2cm.) high.

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