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Grapevine tendrils

1st century A.D.
Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inv. 8587

 

Two garlands hang between candelabra made of plants. From each of the tendrils hang four bunches of grapes, three of which are ripe, while one in each group shows the greenish-white colour of the still unripened grape.