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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 11177055, member: 5833&quot;]Random short remarks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would go with Dionysus rather than with a maenad/bacchante for that one.&nbsp; Figure is a bit too covered up to be female.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have seen versions of the little one but of course can&#039;t find an example just now.&nbsp; Think it would be described as &#039;seated woman contemplating a vase&#039;, although not hard to see a mourning theme there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Athena&#039;s helmet is often described as being &#039;satyr-faced&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seated winged female cameo is very odd.&nbsp; What is that disembodied head on her left?&nbsp; She wears a Venus knot hairdo, holds a kithara in her left hand and ___? in her right.</p><p><br /></p><p>I adore the Aurora, with all her little psyche helpers and the one cupid making off with a cornucopia of flowers.&nbsp; She shares some features with the <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/aurora-eos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/aurora-eos" rel="nofollow">Aurora of Guido Reni</a>, but this carver has opened up her pose and surrounded her with little helpers.&nbsp; I am getting nowhere with the signature.&nbsp; I think t or l are more likely than f for the middle letter; following that notion wasn&#039;t fruitful.&nbsp; Most of my searches these days are not fruitful. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mad.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I tried to work out what is written about that, only feel sure about the M at the beginning.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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