Footed Tray

William Paradise, London, England

1724-1725

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Pierced plaque, in the form of a phoenix.
Oval basalt plaque with nine Bacchanalian boys at play in a vineyard
Probably a later cast of the obverse of a medal commemorating the restoration of the Coliseum after 1825.
Bust of a female "Mongolian" in white porcelain, her head tilted slightly right, a smile on her lips, wearing her hair braided and covered with a frilled cap ornamented with three plumes and decorated at the edge with beads that match her necklace, her earrings diamond shaped, with a fur-lined, elaborately frogged coat left slightly open to reveal an unbuttoned robe underneath, cinched below the bust line with a diamond-buckled belt above an integral waisted octagonal base that is fluted and beaded above the foot rim; the back hollow.