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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3640192, member: 44316"]The statue is in unbelievable condition. I searched and found an image of it on line at French wikipedia, but it didn't say where it is and whether it is ancient. If it is ancient, the flower is not original. No such delicate feature would survive intact. Many genuine ancient statues have major restorations (think how many you have seen that a missing arms or heads or torsos or noses). A good fraction of ancient statues of emperors have had the noses restored and the restorers have used coin profiles to do it. That statue is too good to be true. </p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know more about that statue of Spes?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3640192, member: 44316"]The statue is in unbelievable condition. I searched and found an image of it on line at French wikipedia, but it didn't say where it is and whether it is ancient. If it is ancient, the flower is not original. No such delicate feature would survive intact. Many genuine ancient statues have major restorations (think how many you have seen that a missing arms or heads or torsos or noses). A good fraction of ancient statues of emperors have had the noses restored and the restorers have used coin profiles to do it. That statue is too good to be true. Does anyone know more about that statue of Spes?[/QUOTE]
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