Gany Mede

Steve Dixon

2001

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Oval tri-color jasper (black, blue, and white) medallion with white relief profile portrait of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, with black relief laurel leaf self-frame
Covered urn of white jasper with green jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, on round foot with overlapping acanthus leaves around the edge, the lower body with acanthus leaf motifs, the main body divided into four reserves with decorative lattice work in between, each reserve with an applied white classical vignette, including Psyche bound by Cupids, Aurora in her Chariot, Cupid as Oracle, and Muses watering Pegasus, with a band of ivy leaves and ribbon just below the shoulder and with acanthus leaves around the neck and on the cover, with drop finial.
Oval medallion of black basalt with the bas relief portrait bust of Roman Emperor Claudius (11 BC-54 AD) facing right, wearing laurel leaf crown, the name CLAUDIUS impressed below the truncation, self frame, pierced to hang.
Io in the Form of a Cow Guarded by Argus, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron