Suit

Chanel Boutique, House of Chanel

1979/80

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Allegory of Time (Cupid with Scythe), Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Bust.
Porcelain Commedia dell'arte figural group of a Harlequin wearing a lilac conical hat, a white ruff over a gilt-edged jacket half patterned with yellow, lilac and black diamonds and the other half blue and patterned with playing cards, with large gold buttons, with white trousers and lilac shoes with big yellow bows, in his left hand he holds cherries, he kneels behind his female companion Columbine, who wears a lilac and yellow bodice and white skirt decorated with bright "indianische Blumen", seated with a basket of cherries on her lap, her right hand by a colorful green parrot perched on a gilt-edged, white tripod table, her left hand and gaze raised toward a second parrot perched on a leafy branch of the tree behind them, the mound base applied with colorful flowers and green leaves.
Small flower pot of solid white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied green jasper relief decoration, with bunches of reeds at the lip and foot bound by green ribbons, the main body with vertical stripes alternating lilac and white and with straps of molded green jasper woven over and under the lilac stripes to create a basket weave effect.