The Ivory Ladies

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This charming pair of women with a young child is an ivory piece discovered on the palace mount at Mycenae.  It’s been speculated that the women might be goddesses, perhaps Hera and Athena, the patron goddesses of Argolis, and the child squirming between them a divine child.  The clothing detail is so exquisite that experts use the piece as part of

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[eglantine_br]

So beautiful and natural. I love the tolerant expression of the figure on the left. Just gorgeous.