Bowl

Erik Reiff

1984

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The Pope in profile left praying before a crucifix.
Small oval medallion of solid blue jasper with white bas relief of Bellerophon watering Pegasus below Parnassus – Pegasus, the winged horse, led by Bellerophon bows his head in drink before attacking the three-headed monster Chimaera – set in a simple silver mount with horizontal pin on reverse.
Oval black basalt intaglio with image of Cupid shaping his bow, set in brass mount with ring to hang as pendant
Urn-shaped creamware vase with two ear-shaped handles and long neck (the cover is missing), glazed light brown with a band of yellow around the foot, each of the reserves, on either side of the handles, at the shoulder, and neck, each band is outlined in red; on either side of the body is a central oval reserve, each decorated with the image of a winged cherub, on one side partially draped and sitting in a landscape with fruit, on the other aloft in a blue cloudy sky with a dove, each handle terminates in a female mask.