Vanitas

Vanitas, Jan Davidszoon de Heem, ca. 1628

The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame

The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, Georges de La Tour, ca 1638-1640 (oil on canvas, 117 x 92 cm)

Schädel

Stilleben (Schädel) Atlas sheet 401, Gerhard Richter, 1983

Spiral Staircase

A fine carpenter's model for a spiral staircase formed of walnut; combined with a very small silver half-figure of a triton, in Mannerist style; a small ivory
human skull; and a small flask formed from the tail of a shellfish. 19th century.

Homage to Puvis de Chavannes

Homage to Puvis de Chavannes, Duane Michals

Owl Perched on a Crowned Skull

Owl perched on a crowned skull, Massat brothers after Jean-Baptiste Clésinger, Paris, ca 1865 (silver on porphyr base 9 cm high)

Memento Mori

'Memento Mori', ivory skeleton in an ebonized wood coffin. South German, possibly Augsburg, 17th century.

Father Time

Ivory figure of Father Time probably German, 17th century.

Three Skeletons of Blind Men Wrestling

Three skeletons of blind men, wrestling with each other. Ivory okimono, meiji period. Signed Kikutei Tomoyuki, Bunkyu 2 (1862)

Skeleton Contemplating Death

Skeleton Contemplating Death Signature: Jiro (Ichiro). Japanese, circa: 1900s' (ivory, 5 x 3.5 x 2.5cm)