Open Bowl #4

Jason Wason

1999

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Molded tripod vase and reversible cover of black basalt, the vase supported by three legs with lion's masks at top, the legs and the vase body decorated with bands of various classical motifs, including acanthus leaves and fluting on the upper body and a band of fasces at the neck, the cover reverses from a domed one decorated with scrolling foliage and a sunflower finial to a lotus-shaped candle holder with acanthus-leaf motifs.
Large, plain, two-tiered jelly mold of creamware with a pearl glaze, in a pattern of zigzags on the diagonal on both the lower and upper tiers.
Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration depicting the Sacrifice to Hymen, a series of eight cupid figures, seven of which have wings, below a floral garland supported by small oval paterae.
Small porcelain bonbonnière in the form of a recumbent dog with brown spots and a pale yellow collar lying on a puce patterned oval pillow, the cover exterior painted with a dog stalking birds, the rim and cover rim with a hinged gilt metal mount.