Mangbetu

Magdalene Odundo

1993

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Oval box with green enamel lid.
Pair of solid white jasper urns with black jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, each on a square plinth with anthemion motifs around, with round foot with floral motifs and beading on the stem, the lower body with stiff leaf and lotus motifs and the main body with the scene of Apollo and the Nine Muses and above this a band of white, the shoulder decorated with acanthus leaves and leafy anthemion motifs, the terminals of the handles comprised of satyr masks, whose fluted horns extend up and connect to form an angular loop handle, with plain neck and flared lip with like floral band, the small conforming cover with stiff leaf elements and ball finial, the interiors left white and with sump covers.
Egg Cups, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Large round green jasper plaque with white relief scene of the Apotheosis of Homer. The relief represents the deification of the Greek poet Homer, author of the Odyssey.