Fountain with Bocage

Bow porcelain factory

1753 - 1780

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Cup and saucer of white jasper with light green jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the cup with a series of cupids at play with dogs and birds and insects, the handle with molded acanthus leaf motifs and shell terminal, the lower part of the cup and the saucer engine turned with light green and white stripes, the saucer with applied overlapping acanthus and stiff leaf motifs around the edge, the interior of the cup is lapidary polished.
Oval black basalt intaglio with double profile of warrior and woman?
Statuette
Copy of the Roman glass Portland Vase (now in the British Museum) in solid black jasper with white jasper relief decoration, the two-handled vase in the shape of an amphora, one side shows on the left the image of a nude male emerging from an architectural structure and grasping the arm of a recumbent, draped female figure holding a sea serpent, above her is a flying cupid holding his bow and arrows, to the right is a tree and a nude male figure resting his right leg on the stump, his chin in his right hand, which is resting on his knee; on the other side left is a draped male figure seated on a rocky structure next to a column, he looks over his shoulder to his left at a central figure, a draped, recumbent female, lying on the rocky base, looking slightly left and with her right arm reaching over her head, behind her and to the right is the figure of a draped seated male looking over his right shoulder at the central figure; underneath each handle is a bearded mask; the base with the image of a cloaked figure, head lowered, wearing a wrapped headdress, with right arm raised to face, in the background foliage; the white relief has been selectively shaded using a black jasper slip to give the impression of enhanced translucency.