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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 309386, member: 5833&quot;]Hypnos represents Sleep &amp; is brother to Thanatos, Death.&nbsp; The decorative border is a ring of poppy heads, source of the soporific opium.&nbsp; This is a conventional representation, with the wings springing from the temples, making him easy to confuse with Medusa.&nbsp; Did not know he had become a fashion item, as seen in Vogue:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.viaseres.com/products/head-of-hypnos-moonstone-glass" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.viaseres.com/products/head-of-hypnos-moonstone-glass" rel="nofollow">https://www.viaseres.com/products/head-of-hypnos-moonstone-glass</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the one in the British Museum:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&amp;assetid=466784&amp;objectid=460419" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&amp;assetid=466784&amp;objectid=460419" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&amp;assetid=466784&amp;objectid=460419</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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