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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 9874537, member: 5833&quot;][USER=83302]@Snowman Cometh[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/medusa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/medusa" rel="nofollow">MEDUSA</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/psyche" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/psyche" rel="nofollow">PSYCHE</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I like the Medusa, even though I &#039;m generally not attracted to modern work.&nbsp; Hey, as I said to a friend who used to not buy anything much after the Renaissance, neoclassical at the latest, somebody has to appreciate enough to acquire new work so that in 200 years people will have something to collect.&nbsp; You are gathering the antiques of tomorrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have one new cameo, purchased because it was such a nice version of <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/mortals/phaeton" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/mortals/phaeton" rel="nofollow">Phaeton</a>.&nbsp; I insisted the cutter, Aniello Pernice, sign it so there will never be a mistake about its age.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the sort of thing that is jarring.&nbsp; There is no reason for Ammon-Zeus to be in a jugate composition with <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/olympian-gods/diana-artemis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/olympian-gods/diana-artemis" rel="nofollow">Artemis/Diana</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]495887[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>These are not based on some modern retelling of a myth; they are just the scrambling of classical imagery, which is what makes them unappealing to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>But good work is good work.&nbsp; Always go for quality of carving when you can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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