Antique Architectural Element Memento Mori Terracotta Frieze Panel Fragment

Antique Skull and Crossbones cast architectural salvaged decorative building element, most likely frieze panel fragment, Italian Renaissance Memento Mori style, hand-crafted high-quality terracotta, depicting skull and crossbones in relief, above a foliated border of oak leaves and acorns.

Dimensions: (approx)
8.25″ High, 9.5″ Wide, 2″ Deep, 6lbs

Memento mori (Latin for ‘remember that you [have to] die’) is an artistic or symbolic trope acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death. The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity and Christianity, and appeared in funerary art and architecture from the medieval period onwards.