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# An African offers emeralds from the Chavor mine on a golden tray
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/afrikanets-predlagaet-izumrudy-rudnika-chavor-na-zolotom-podnose/
- Published: 2022-12-21T14:31:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:37:21.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Museums, Observations, Society

An African offers emeralds from the Chavor mine on a golden tray. To European sovereigns, by all appearances. Balthasar Permoser's sculpture of 1724 is on show at the Luxembourg Museum and, by and large, is not in the least archaic. The exploitation of Africa has since taken on new forms, but has kept the same naive smile of incomprehension at what is going on

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