Banquet Cloth

Possibly Italy

18th or 19th century

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Tall, footed, bulbous vase of solid white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and applied white and green jasper relief decoration, with a band of ribbon and reed around the edge of the foot, the lower body with stylized acanthus leaves, the main body engine-turned to create blue and white vertical stripes with horizontally applied, molded green straps that together create a basket weave appearance, a band of white bellflowers runs horizontally around the neck, the lip with the same ribbon and reed pattern.
Small, oblong, octagonal sugar box of white porcelain with gilding, painted with small reserves on the sides with Chinoiserie scenes inside (a Chinese figure preparing tea on one side and a Chinese figure with a bird and cage on the other), "indianische Blumen" are scattered over the rest of the box, the cover likewise painted with Chinese figures, one with bells, the other preparing tea, with wide gilt and scrollwork borders as well as a Chinese-inspired floral border, the finial in the shape of a pagoda.
Black basalt tripod incense burner on a round base decorated with a band of Greek key, the oblong body supported by three legs in the form of Egyptian sphinxes on paw feet, a band of fluting and two bands of beading around the lower part of the body, the plain cover with ball finial is a facsimile.
Sacrifice to Hymen, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, After a model by John Flaxman, Jr., Based on an engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi, cast iron