Lot number 3110 - Auction 150
MEMENTO MORI KOPF UND TOTENSCHÄDEL

MEMENTO MORI HEAD AND SKULL Probably Austria, 18th/19th century Wood, fully sculpted, polychrome. H. 19, W. 13, D. 20 cm. Fully sculpted representation of a man's head, half carved as a skull. This unusual memento mori wood sculpture shows a detailed carved male head on the left side, while the right side depicts a skull. The depiction symbolizes the duality of life and death and reminds us of the transience of life, typical of the Baroque preoccupation with mortality. Partially preserved, damaged and with some loss of material, rest.