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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 440124, member: 5833&quot;]They are putti, playing at the Triumph of Dionysus, the sort of scene beloved of the 17th century ivory carvers.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]154791[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]154792[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The figures on the legs are a bit like Sirens as well as like caryatids.&nbsp; If the kids have known the table since they were too small to see the top &amp; were coming eye to eye with the ladies of the legs, I can see how they found it creepy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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