Ornate Skull pendant Large baroque pearl details: size-adjustable chain attached

details: size-adjustable chain attached

terracotta bonded marble

chasing after woodland nymphs

the same glass pearl hanging like a ripe olive

sterling silver

Ornate Skull pendant Large baroque pearl details: size-adjustable chain attachedMaterial: 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