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TWO FAENZA MAIOLICA SALTS MID-16TH CENTURY Each painted with a figure to the well, one with Cupid and the other with Hermaphroditus (?), within moulded gadrooned sides The example painted with Hermaphroditus (?) 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) long
It is not clear if the figure holding a bunch of grapes is a female Bacchic nymph, or Hermaphroditus, the son of Hermes and Aphrodite. According to Ovid, Hermaphroditus, whose name was a combination of his parents’ names, was remarkably handsome, and when the naiad Salmacis fell in love with him, she prayed that they would be united forever. The result was that their two forms were merged into one. It is thought that he may have been the deity who presided over marriage; as he was both male and female, inseparably bonded together.