Rosary Terminal Bead with Lovers and Death's Head

Date

ca. 1500–1525

Type

Rosary terminal bead

Medium

Elephant ivory, with emerald pendant, gilded metal mount

Department

Medieval Art

Culture

North French or South Netherlandish

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

17.190.305

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917