Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Lordy mercy!

Not to run this Pieta business in the ground, but I ran across this photo I'd forgotten about. I took this in a kitschy gift shop in Sorrento, Italy; it's made out of authentic Vesuvian ash and maybe some glitter they dug up at Pompeii. Not to be outdone, the Pope also gets a nod:



6 comments:

Jennifer said...

Both of these objets d'art would look fab in my bathroom!

minus five said...

dang. for a minute there, i thought i had a chance to score a pieta from somebody else in my neighborhood.

ButtonHole said...

Jen: I totally regret not buying these incredible trinkets
Minus: I have my NYC sources keeping an eye peeled for all your Pieta needs and will advise if something should arise. Meanwhile, perhaps you'd be interested in some quality art of the highest calibre such as in this link. I know you have discriminating taste. Perhaps you and Jen could go in together and split up the purchase for your respective toilets: http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/zip/404259531.html

ButtonHole said...

Hmmm. Why doesn't this thing do a wraparound??


http://newyork.craigslist.
org/brk/zip/404259531.html

minus five said...

i can't believe they're giving those away for free! i hope they have the dates on them like in the pictures. i should email and ask.

Snap said...

I'm laughing so hard I'm crying! I totally forgot about those things! We should've bought 'em out!