I will show you some of my favourites, but before an extract from Wikipedia:
Human skull
In humans, the adult skull is normally made up of 22 bones. Except for the mandible, all of the bones of the skull are joined together by sutures, rigid articulations permitting very little movement. Eight bones - including one frontal, two parietals, one occipital bone, one sphenoid, two temporals and one ethmoid - for the neurocranium (braincase), a protective vault surrounding the brain. Fourteen bones form the splanchnocranium, the bones supporting the face. Encased within the temporal bones are the six ear ossicles of the middle ears, though these are not part of the skull. The hyoid bone, supporting the tongue, is usually not considered as part of the skull either, as it does not articulate with any other bones. The skull is a protector of the brain.
I don´t know about you, but I found them always fascinating. At a doctors table, as part of a cabinet of curiosities, as part of an eclectic interior, ...
Always wanted to have one and just bought my first, a few days ago.
Mine is from the porcelain factory Nymphenburg, based in Munich and founded in 1747.
Material: white biscuit porcelain
Design: Patrik Muff, 2009
Side views: left & right
This one is part of Nymphenburg´s Jewellery Essentials collection and the size is only 2cm. Each of them is "handmade" and a piece unique, as they are all different in the details.
The next one I will go for is from their Sacred figures collection and based on the skull of an male adult. It is just a little bit smaller, after burning. Available in white or black biscuit porcelain, matt or shiny and even with a so called cumberland motive - 13cm.
Example:
Just have to find a good place and to convince my wife ;-)
Skulls have been quite common for sacred pieces. Nymphenburg offers a nice example as well:
As I wrote before, I see them quite often these days and would like to show you some examples:
(T-Shirt from Alexander McQueen)
(Street art)
(Advertisement; detail)
(Jewellery)
(Street art)
(Street art)
If you are interested in some serious stuff, you should visit another gorgeous place in Munich. Its called Kunstkammer and the owner is Georg Laue. If you are interested in those kind of things you are in big danger, as this is a great place to find great pieces ...
