"Cabinet of curiosities 3: memento mori / superb bracelet made up of 10 skulls with transformed morphology, carved from deer antler ?
They are all different, very finely detailed: skulls of demons and monsters, Buddha, vampire... Superb work of miniature sculpture. One of them is for example separated into 2 along its width, depicting the face of a young man for its left half and a skull for its right half
Beads are separated from small flat horn beads and leather discs. The bracelet is mounted around a modern elastic thread.
Very nice nuanced antique patina, giving volume to the pearls
Dimensions:
Inner bracelet diameter 5,8cm and outer 9,3cm (perimeter of the wrist approx. 21cm)
Beads Diameters variables around 1,5cm to 2,5cm
Part of a small collection of 5 other pieces on next announcements from my account (1 other skull bead, 1 small sculptureand 2 complete bracelets of several skulls)