Underpants

About 1900

  • Titles Underpants (Descriptive)
  • Medium batiste
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Roberta Armstrong, 1979.20b
  • Work Type underpants
  • Classification Costume

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Vase of enameled caneware in the form of six bamboo poles of varying heights on an irregular green mossy ground, the bamboo poles highlighted in blue and white to emphasize the natural joints and foliage of the bamboo plant, the interiors are glazed.
Obverse: Portrait bust in profile right. Reverse: A rocky mountain in clouds with a crown above and a warrior storming the summit with shield and sword below.
Oval dark blue jasper cameo with white relief of Cupid on a seahorse
Oval plaque of white jasper with blue jasper dip on the front and back, on the front with in white relief a variation of "The Discovery of Achilles" featuring a kneeling female, daughter of Lycomedes, grabbing Achilles leg, Achilles with sword and shield, and Menelaus with helmet at his feet, reaching for his sword.