Bead from a Rosary or Chaplet

1500–50

Medium/TechniqueIvory or bone

Dimensions7.62 cm (3 in.)

Credit LineWilliam E. Nickerson Fund

Accession number57.589

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InscriptionsOn moulded quatrefoil base, in Latin: O MORS QUAM AMARA EST MEMORIA TUA ("Death, how bitter it is to be reminded of you.")

Provenance1957, sold by M. H. Drey, Ltd., London, to the MFA for $1,000. (Accession Date: September 12, 1957)

mid-17th century

late 17th century

17th century

Artist Unidentified

Late 19th to early 20th century

2649–2100 B.C.

17th century

19th century

19th century

1783–about 1640 B.C.

1550–1295 B.C.

1550–1295 B.C.