Man’s Coat

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Miniature cup and saucer of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the cup with loop handle, on both are tiny relief scenes including on the cup Hope and Anchor, a female figure next to a tree, possibly the Zodiac Virgo, and two classical figures, and on the saucer a lion and calf, Cupids with a chariot (Bacchanalian scene), two classical figures, Cupids with a goat, a flying Cupid with bow and arrow, and Cupids with an urn.
Small creamy white-colored glazed "Blanc-de-Chine" dish with prunus relief decoration on outer sides, with low foot
Bust in profile left beneath bound oak leaves.
Vase of reddish-brown stoneware, the chunky body resting on three square feet, the neck short, the lip slightly flared, with three rings extending from lip to shoulder, the body with molded decoration in relief with on one side the image of a man, or warrior, on his knees, his knife drawn and raised in his right hand, his left arm outstretched, on the other a pouncing lion in a landscape, perhaps referring to the story of Hercules and the Nemean lion, the vase is covered with a thick, opaque, turquoise glaze with darker blue streaks over a white glaze, the foot mostly white.