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Aglauros’s Vision of the Bridal Chamber of Herse, from the Story of Mercury and Herse
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Wool silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch 8-9 warps per cm.)
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of George Blumenthal 1941
Title: Aglauros’s Vision of the Bridal Chamber of Herse, from the Story of Mercury and Herse
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Wool silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch 8-9 warps per cm.
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