Follow the Snake Goddess to Find a Famous Forger

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It is her face that has caught the imagination. With her pouting lips and deep-set eyes, she has been hailed as 'charmingly serene', 'radiant', 'demure', 'expressive of individuality' and 'arresting'. 'Rendered with a freedom and naturalness that are exceptional' she 'shows all the distinguishing features of Cretan art at its best' and is a 'unique' masterpiece.

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Follow the Snake Goddess to Find a Famous Forger

The Today programme would call her iconic, but since she is a 16.1cm gold and ivory ('chryselephantine') statuette, it would not be saying much. She stands there, erect, shoulders back, thrusting forward impressive bare breasts (one nipple the tip of a golden nail), both hands holding snakes that, twined round her arms, stretch outwards from...

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