Vase

Eigil Hinrichsen

About 1955

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Small asparagus shell of white soft-paste porcelain with low vertical, straight sides that taper towards one end, open at both ends to allow bundles of asparagus spears to be contained inside, the interior painted in underglaze blue in the "Narcissus" pattern, above the painted scene is a band of blue squares with white reserves with blue dots in the middle, below is a stylized foliate pattern, on both the interior and exterior sides are painted delicate floral vines.
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Jean Le Rond D'Alembert (1717-1783) Known mostly for his advances in mathematics and his association with Denis Diderot in the creation of the famous Encylopedie, but his other works were numerous and influential.
Oval blue jasper plaque with white relief of Minerva with spear, shield and Helmet
Molded cup and saucer of enameled buff-colored caneware, the cup with fluted exterior with two thin blue bands and a band of red dot and dash motifs below the lip, the loop handle molded to give the impression of bamboo and with three thin blue bands, the interior lip decorated with a light blue band with green bellflower motifs and a gold band below it, the footed saucer similarly decorated with fluted exterior with same red dot and dash band and blue and green bellflower band around the interior lip, with black edging, in the well a narrow black circular band, a red circular band, and a black circle with a red flower in the center.