Bodice

Paris, France

About 1900

  • Titles Bodice (Descriptive)
  • Medium velvet, lace, silk
  • Dimensions Overall: 21 in. (53.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Law Lamar, 1985.101
  • Work Type bodice
  • Classification Costume

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Small, deep bowl of grayish stoneware, with small foot, the body covered in a slightly mottled, gray-green glaze with a lattice or web-like design on the exterior, the thin glaze on the rim exposes the clay beneath.
Curved frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of a swag with roses and other flowers held by bow knot supports on left, and three Dancing Hours figures on right, one sprinkling flowers, one holding a laurel wreath, and one holding a long grapevine garland.
Obverse: Seated Harpocrates with finger to lips, with cornucopia in right hand and dog and owl at feet. Reverse with inscription.
Ornament in the shape of a ram's head.