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Rosary

Date: ca. 1500–1525
Culture: German
Medium: Ivory, silver, and partially gilded mounts
Dimensions: Overall: 24 11/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (62.7 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm) Top Terminal: 1 5/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 1/2 in. (4.2 x 3.4 x 3.8 cm) 2nd bead: 2 1/16 x 1 11/16 x 1 in. (5.2 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm) 3rd bead: 2 3/16 x 1 7/8 x 11/16 in. (5.6 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm) 4th bead: 2 5/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 in. (5.8 x 4.9 x 2.6 cm) 5th bead: 2 9/16 x 2 x 1 1/16 in. (6.5 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm) 6th bead: 2 1/2 x 1 13/16 x 7/8 in. (6.3 x 4.6 x 2.2 cm) 7th bead: 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 x 1 in. (7 x 5.4 x 2.5 cm) Bottom Terminal: 2 1/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 15/16 in. (5.2 x 3.6 x 5 cm)
Classification: Ivories
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.190.306
On view in Gallery 306
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  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: COGITA MORI (on one bead)
    SVE.VOT.ERIS (on second bead from bottom)

  • Provenance

    Laurentine Françoise Bernage Lelong ; [ Galerie Georges Petit, Paris]; J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (until 1917); Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan(1913–1917)

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