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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 12246940, member: 5833&quot;]Welcome, Pica.&nbsp; Thanks for coming out into the light &amp; sharing your treasures with us.&nbsp; Can&#039;t tell you the glow it gives me to hear that this thread inspired your appreciation of these little art works.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, she is hardstone, so don&#039;t hesitate to give her the bath she needs.&nbsp; Just be sure to let the whole piece dry in open air for a good bit before putting it into any kind of closed container.&nbsp; You want to make sure no moisture remains caught in the mount.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your girl is either Persephone or the nymph Arethusa, both associated with the tale of the abduction (rape) of Proserpina (Persephone) by Death (Hades) as told by Ovid in <i>The Metamorphoses</i>.&nbsp; Ceres (Demeter) searches high and low for her missing daughter, plunging the earth into cold and barrenness.&nbsp; It is Arethusa who is able to tell the grieving mother what has happened.</p><p><br /></p><p>The action was believed to have occurred in Sicily, which was once part of the wider Greek world.&nbsp; We have her image on the coinage of Syracuse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]552932[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not really possible to know which figure the engraver of your cameo had in mind, or whether he even distinguished between them.&nbsp; Both wear a strand of pearls, pendant earrings, and grain leaves (but not ripened ears) in the hair.&nbsp; In coinage, when accompanied by dolphins, as above, she is typically seen as the nymph.&nbsp; Without them she is usually seen as Kore, the Maiden, the young Persephone before her abduction.</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s next?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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