the specific and the general

and it recounted that the dragon was the most powerful serpent on earth

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yet the image would have been familiar to any Athenian because the owl

Purrquoise Cat Glass Ornament sustainable the specific and the generalThe sculpture reproduction of a cat, fondly known as Purrquoise, that inspired this ornament is made of Chinese porcelain. Glazed in a luminous turquoise, a hole on the lower part of the spine suggests that the cat originally served as an incense burner. Created for export to Europe, the cat was adorned in mid eighteenth century France with eyes in enameled glass and mounted on a gilt bronze stool with a richly ornamented cushion. These transformed