Woman’s Coat

Agnes

About 1920–1925

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Tall, hard-paste porcelain vase of campana shape, the upper body with white biscuit bas-relief figures against a glazed green ground, the figures include King Friedrich Augustus I of Saxony (1750-1827) dressed as a Roman emperor; he is flanked by the figures of Justice on his right, and Minerva on his left; on the opposite side of the vase is the figure of a Roman vestal, representing the state of Saxony, pouring oil on sacrificial flames on an altar inscribed with the dates of the king's reign; at her feet lies an overflowing cornucopia as well as war trophies and emblems of the seven liberal arts; the bulbous lower body heavily gilt with two handles and a series of applied acanthus leaves of white biscuit porcelain, the foot with central decorative element of green glazed porcelain with small, applied, white biscuit leaves, the lower splayed foot a series of channels
Rectangular enameled box with a turquoise green ground with gold highlights, the lid painted with the scene of a stag hunt and the sides with small reserves painted with landscape scenes, the inside of the box on the bottom printed with the scene of a bear hunt in black.
Obverse: Bust in profile right.
Covered urn of lilac jasper dip with white jasper relief decoration, on square plinth decorated with anthemion motifs, the round foot with egg and dart motifs, the lower body with modified egg and dart and the main body with relief scenes from the life of Achilles, on one side the birth of Achilles and on the other the dipping of Achilles in the River Styx, below the lip a band of grapevines, egg and dart on the lip and a band of stylized leafy motifs around the shoulder, the conforming cover with stiff leaf motifs and pinecone finial.