Bowl

Dorthe Møller

1985

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Cast-iron key hook in the form of pierced lyre-shaped S-scrolls and stylized palmettes, in the center a small medallion with the portrait head of a man in profile left.
Copy of the Roman glass Portland Vase (now in the British Museum) in miniature in solid black jasper with molded 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.
Plate of white soft-paste porcelain with scalloped edges decorated with the Kakiemon "Two Quail" pattern depicting a scene of two quails, one painted in iron red, and the other in blue with green tipped wing feathers, pecking at seeds beneath an arched prunus tree with blue painted trunk and iron-red and gilt decorated flowers in bloom, and facing a flowering shrub with large leaves, the edge with an iron-red meandering leaf border.
Slightly convex, open shape. The exterior is matte black with faint line impressions, creating a swirl effect with the base's bottom as the center of the swirl. The dish's interior is glazed and has a dark green cast. The glaze is smooth and even.