Beaker

China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), About 1680

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Obverse: Bust in profile right. Reverse: A crown above a scepter and sword (crossed) with oak branches left and laurel branches right.
Cast iron portrait medallion modeled in high relief with the image of Gebhard Leberecht Blücher, Prince of Wahlstatt (1742-1819), Prussian field marshal, in profile left in Prussian general's uniform with military medals including the Iron Cross, the National Order of Merit, and the Order of the Black Eagle.
Round blue jasper plaque with white relief of boy blowing horn, riding on ram, possibly meant to represent saturn, broken and repaired
Small caneware urn decorated with encaustic painting, of amphora shape with black bands around the edge of the foot and stem, the main body decorated with the image of a bearded man and a woman in classical dress at an altar; the man holds a staff and a bowl and the woman a jug (Libation to Zeus?), below them is a band of classical inspiration and around the neck is a decorative band of abstract leafy elements, the reverse of the vase has a purely decorative motif of scrolling vines and anthemions, the handles and lip likewise edged in black.