The Orange Vessel

Morten Løbner Espersen

March/April 2010

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Vase with an elongated cup shape and tapered base. The exterior is decorated with dimensional bands along the vase's form. One thin groove runs along the center of the body, with several shallower grooves as well. The top of the vase has a rougher texture, appears almost sanded. The vase's interior is glazed a dark red/purple with some irregularities.
Cup and saucer of solid white jasper with applied green, lilac and white jasper relief decoration, the cup of cylindrical shape with a band of green acanthus leaves around the bottom, the main body with garlands of green ivy leaves with lilac berries and small medallions suspended from the joinings of the garlands, each lilac medallion with a small white flying cupid in relief, with a leafy vine running around the top of the cup below the lip, with leaf-molded handle, the saucer with like garlands around the rim and a band of acanthus leaves around the inner well.
Large library bust of the English architect Inigo Jones in black basalt, bearded and with long hair, his head turned slightly left and his lips parted, with skull cap and buttoned waistcoat with wide collar, on round pedestal.
Solid white jasper cup and saucer with green jasper dip and applied lilac and white relief decoration, cylindrical in shape and decorated with applied lilac medallions containing flying cupids, and white relief including heavy fruiting festoons terminating at ram's heads, ribbons, classical vignettes and trophies, with floral motifs around the lower body and below the lip a trail of scrolls with small leafy elements, with leaf-molded handle, the saucer similarly decorated.