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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 290366, member: 5833"]Way cool! He is only recently arrived, so not going anywhere yet, but it would be nice, when he moves on, to have it be to somewhere he would particularly be enjoyed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looked into Khayyam after reading that the Rubaiyat, along with Greek and Roman classical literature, became popular reading for the Victorians & found that the cameo had some resemblance to depictions of the poet. However, the piece is about 200 years old now, probably too early for this literary revival, so he may just be a 'type' which particularly exploits the possibilities of this kind of shell.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cameo with a turbaned woman was sold as agate, but appears to me to have been made like this one of Kyra's: carved natural material affixed to glass: <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/142516632320" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/142516632320" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/142516632320</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]93930[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]93931[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]93932[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 290366, member: 5833"]Way cool! He is only recently arrived, so not going anywhere yet, but it would be nice, when he moves on, to have it be to somewhere he would particularly be enjoyed. Looked into Khayyam after reading that the Rubaiyat, along with Greek and Roman classical literature, became popular reading for the Victorians & found that the cameo had some resemblance to depictions of the poet. However, the piece is about 200 years old now, probably too early for this literary revival, so he may just be a 'type' which particularly exploits the possibilities of this kind of shell. The cameo with a turbaned woman was sold as agate, but appears to me to have been made like this one of Kyra's: carved natural material affixed to glass: [URL]http://www.ebay.com/itm/142516632320[/URL] [ATTACH]93930[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]93931[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]93932[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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