Venus Riding a Lion, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron

Venus Riding a Lion

Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

About 1800

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Large, heavy tablet of black basalt press-molded with the image in high relief of a Bacchanalian sacrifice - the frenzied scene of cherubs, satyrs, goats, and men playing horns with grape vines, twigs of grape leaves and bunches of grapes in a landscape with a tree to the left.
Pair of solid white jasper urns with black jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, each on a square plinth with anthemion motifs around, with round foot with floral motifs and beading on the stem, the lower body with stiff leaf and lotus motifs and the main body with the scene of Apollo and the Nine Muses and above this a band of white, the shoulder decorated with acanthus leaves and leafy anthemion motifs, the terminals of the handles comprised of satyr masks, whose fluted horns extend up and connect to form an angular loop handle, with plain neck and flared lip with like floral band, the small conforming cover with stiff leaf elements and ball finial, the interiors left white and with sump covers.
Statuette on tall plinth.
Aphrodite with her Attendant, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron