Ornate Skull pendant Large baroque pearl chasing after woodland nymphs

chasing after woodland nymphs

stone texture

details: size-adjustable chain attached

terracotta bonded marble

Ornate Skull pendant Large baroque pearl chasing after woodland nymphsMaterial: sterling silver (925), bonded marble. Skull size: 35 x 23 x 30 mm 1. 4 x 0. 9 x 1. 2 Details: 60cm 23. 6 inch sterling silver chain attached. One morning I wandered through the streets of Kyoto. From the sleeve of a Noh actor's robe, a skull shaped netsuke slipped free not of ivory, but of smooth marble, veined like clouds. It whispered mujo the impermanence of all things. Silver chains simmered across its red surface like frost on a temple