0710
Miniature coffin with carving
Netherlands, 16th century
boxwood, carved, silver; inscribed "MEMORARE NOVISSIMA TVA ET IETERNV NON PECCABIS", „STATVTVM EST HOMINIBVS SEMEL MORI POST HOC IVDICV“, „SVRGITE MORTVI VENITE AD IVDICIVM“, „GLORIA PATRIET FILIO ET SPIRITVI SANCTO“; coffin cover probably supplemented later
3,5 x 7 x 2,7 cm (closed)
Provenance
private collection, Vienna
Literature
cf. similar miniature coffin at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, inv.-no. 1985.136 and British Museum, London, inv.-no. WB.240
Estimate: € 10.000 - 20.000
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