{"product_id":"endymion-asleep","title":"Endymion Asleep","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinely carved shell cameo of Endymion Asleep of the rock of Latmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBulls mouth conch shell and serpentine gilt-metal frame.5.5cms by 4.5cms.c.1840.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original early 2nd century carved panel was discovered during excavations on the Aventine hill in Rome in the early eighteenth century and removed to the Villa Albani.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe myth is that to avoid growing old Endymion slept forever in a cave, either at his own wish or on the order of his wife, the moon goddess Selene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe appealing subject of endless sleep under the stars was much copied in art and further popularised by the poet Keats in 1818. 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original is now in the Capitoline Museum in Rome.Famous copies in the British Museum and in plaster at the  Sir John Soane Museum,London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sian Harlowe Antique Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63920584687965,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1028\/1205\/7949\/files\/1a1877_c2cf00f95a43435a93e1661e790bac6c_mv2.avif?v=1773937897","url":"https:\/\/sianharloweantiques.co.uk\/products\/endymion-asleep","provider":"Sian Harlowe  Antique Jewellery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}