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The ancients had a talent for turning the merely functional into the beautiful as well. Here, an artist has captured the powerful essence of a horse--the strong, arched neck, the proud head, the muscular body--and incorporated it into a lamp that delights the eye even as it brightens the room. Such an object was created to give pleasure as well as light, and today it continues to fulfill at least one of those functions. - (FZ.131)
Antiquities
Ancient Unknown
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