John Paul Jones

James Tassie

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Radiant bust almost front, slightly left, the head in profile left.
Oval dark blue jasper cameo with white relief scene of Hercules strangling the Nemean lion
Bulb pot in the form of an oval barrel, the body glazed black with bands of green, the removable insert cover with two fitments to accommodate bulbs and with two larger and five smaller air holes in the insert cover, the interior and the underside are glazed green, the topside of the insert cover is covered with a tortoiseshell glaze.
Vase of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration, amphora shape, on round foot with ovolo edging. with trellis motifs and small vignettes around the lower body, the main body with on one side Cybele in a car drawn by lions and on the other the Triumph of Cybele, with a band of stylized palmettes around the shoulder, the two loop handles finished by satyr masks, with trophies on the neck and a band of egg and dart motifs around the lip.