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| Roman Empire Cup with Skeletons (buried treasure from Boscoreale near Pompeii) 1st century BC silver Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples |
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| Anonymous German Maker Reliquary Bust of St Thekla ca. 1290-1300 silver, with details in copper, glass and gems Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| workshop of Guglielmo della Porta Flagellation of Christ ca. 1560 silver relief plaque Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Jacob Fröhlich Rearing Horse ca. 1575-1600 silver statuette Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Adam van Vianen Lidded Ewer with Auricular Forms 1614 silver Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Classical Apples
Are you sincere? When wind and light contrive
to give an impression of one tree clapping?
At the farmer's market it's one twist of the tourniquet
– on sunlight – before it's all turnips
Ichor thickened in the flies
The nocturnal encroachment
Nails digging into gardening soap
with hands wired to carve hearts
The butterfingers
The existential potholders
The word "empty" mistaken for "tempting"
in the speed-dreaming of the harried mother
Steps down an auricular staircase
with a Greek foot's architrave
with a saint's foot's cornice
Imported torts is a bit of a misnomer – they buy cakes
– pumpkin, which doesn't seem to me the sincerest of gourds –
(Orange, schmorange
pigeons, eons)
Here are your unwaxed classical apples, meaning out of reach.
The creek, a classic finish line, drops the -ish, freezes.
– Ange Mlinko (2007)
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| Bernardo Strozzi (designer) Basin with Scenes from the Life of Cleopatra ca. 1620-25 silver Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| Thomas Rawlins Medal with portrait of Charles I ca. 1640-70 silver Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Gérard-Léonard Hérard Medallion with Emblems of the Arts 1673 silver National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Richard and Peter van Dyck Rattle with Whistle, Bells and Teething Coral ca. 1735-45 silver and coral Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Henry Adcock Comb 1809-10 silver Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| François-Désiré Froment-Meurice Brooch - Angel with Viol ca. 1844 partially enameled silver Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Jacob Ulrik Tostrup Brooch 1867 silver filigree Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Alexandre Charpentier La Peinture ca. 1896 silver relief plaque Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Palace of the Legion of Honor) |
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| Vincenzo Gemito Medusa 1911 partially gilt silver relief Getty Museum, Los Angeles |