Charger

Jan de Rooden

1978

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Shallow oval dish of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, around the inner edge a border of leafy flowers on a vine, in the center well is a central decorative element comprised of acanthus leaves and anthemion motifs and on either side is a small relief scene, on one side "Sportive Love" and the other a seated woman with her hand to her face as an attendant cleans her feet with a jug of water, below a drapery.
Pair of white jasper urns with black jasper dip and applied white jasper relief on small square plinth decorated with anthemion motifs, the round foot with a band of overlapping leaves highlighted with shading, the bulbous, lower body with leafy and lotus elements and the main body decorated with a scene of Apollo and nine muses, likewise highlighted with shading, above the main scene a pattern of floral garlands held in place by small paterae, with two upright, fluted and slightly extended loop handles, along the shoulder a band of anthemion motifs, the conforming flat cover with a band of scrolls along the edge and on top in a star-like pattern stylized acanthus leaves, the tall finial baluster shaped, the interior white.
Tea bowl and saucer of white porcelain with web-type gilded borders and exterior Robin's egg blue ground, the tea bowl with large reserves containing finely painted harbor scenes, the interior white, the saucer with same Robin's egg blue ground and large reserve in the center with harbor scene.
Plaster cast of the New Year's card with a view of the cathedral in Bonn, in cardboard frame under glass.