Vase

Pierre Culot

1984

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Small creamware teapot with cabbage spout and double intertwined handle with leafy terminals highlighted in green and puce, both sides of the body hand-painted with on one side the figure of an East Asian woman in blue, yellow and puce-colored western garb holding a yellow and puce parasol in an exotic landscape with green foliage, a lattice fence and an Asian structure in the background, with fluffy puce clouds in the sky, on the other side a landscape with an Asian structure flying a flag and a lattice fence with green exotic foliage, the conforming cover similarly decorated and with flower finial.
Small porcelain snuff box, rectangular, with white ground and each side with small reserves painted in puce camaieu with landscape scenes, the lid likewise with a larger reserve painted with a landscape scene in puce camaieu, inside the lid painted in color with a highly detailed battle scene, with gilded copper mounts.
Small ring stand of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, with a border of oak leaves and five small relief scenes including, Cupid riding a lion; Cupid riding a sea monster; Cupid and Venus; Cupid flying with bow and arrow; and Cupid and Venus before an altar, the stem with small stiff leaf motifs and on the top a small floral motif.
Small bowl of white jasper with light green dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the lower body engine turned revealing green and white stripes, the upper body decorated with figures from the Domestic Employment series, the interior left white.