A one-of-a-kind handmade gothic shadowbox — luminous, funereal and quietly hymnal, for those who understand that the most sacred songs are the ones sung by things that live underground for years and then emerge, briefly, into the light. A real preserved Ayuthia spectabile — the Ghost Cicada — wings pale and translucent as cathedral glass, veined in gold, one of the most ethereal insects in existence. It is crowned with a hand-made silver lace ornament in the shape of a cross, the kind of adornment that belongs on a reliquary in a church that has been closed for a century. Dried white flowers gather around it like an offering left at a shrine. The whole piece rests against deep navy velvet, the colour of the sky at the moment just before it decides to be night, set behind glass in a hand-carved, hand-painted baroque frame — every detail deliberate, every flourish earned. Ayuthia spectabile is named for its ghostly, near-transparent wings — rare, fragile, and entirely unforgettable. The cicada sings once. It is enough. _______________________________ Details: Real preserved Ghost Cicada — Ayuthia spectabile Silver lace with cross ornaments Dried white flowers Deep navy velvet backing Hand-carved, hand-painted baroque frame Glass front Back finished with black velvet, lace and Morbid Oddities logo _______________________________ Processing: Ready to display. One of a kind — you will receive the exact piece shown. _______________________________ Shipping Carefully packaged to ensure safe delivery. Original design — no copies permitted. _______________________________ Size 20.5 cm × 15.5 cm × 4.5 cm _______________________________ LORE She was underground for years.She did not complain.She did not askwhen it would be her turn.She simply waited,the way things waitwhen they knowthat the surfacewill still be there.When she emergedshe wore a crown of silver laceand stood among white flowersand sang one songso loudthat the whole summerreorganised itselfaround the sound.Then she was still.The navy velvet remembers the song.The glass holds it.The frame was builtto last longer than the singing —which is the only honest thinga frame can do.
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