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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 430116, member: 5833&quot;]What a spectacular find that is!&nbsp; Thanks for sharing.&nbsp; Given that in the nearby hall is a painting of Priapus weighing his phallus, you have to figure the residents were some fun-loving folks.&nbsp; Well, Pompeii was where you went on vacation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Leda has had quite a life on engraved gems, some quite racy.&nbsp; You can see an assortment of compositions here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/browse.asp?PageSearch=true" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/browse.asp?PageSearch=true" rel="nofollow">http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/browse.asp?PageSearch=true</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have several Ledas in my collection.&nbsp; One, hardstone, signed by Teresa Talani, I showed in the thread I started to introduce myself:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]150606[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And another:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]150607[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The third was rescued from a flea market and is so chewed up I do not want to show it, but the composition is this one:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/C1D14C3D-1467-4354-B044-33BCA464322C" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/C1D14C3D-1467-4354-B044-33BCA464322C" rel="nofollow">http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/C1D14C3D-1467-4354-B044-33BCA464322C</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m surprised they see the Pompeii Leda as particularly welcoming compared to others, especially when they note that her eyes seem to follow the viewer, when there are Ledas gazing swoonily at the beaky suitor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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