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This vessel has an ovate bowl with six gadroons and a lobed mouth. The shaft is formed by a triple knop, the upper and lower ones covered by enamelled gold mounts and the central one carved out of the rock crystal, with imitations of inset precious stones. The two enamelled gold mounts follow the same pattern of green scrolls framed by black whorls tooled in the gold, with a drop of red enamel in
A vessel with an elongated fusiform body and a dome-shaped lid ending in a small turned stem supporting a flattened ball. The foot has a short stem and a turned knop. It has two gold ring mounts, the lower one enamelled with black whorls and green scrolls with ovals of translucent red enamel in imitation of rubies, similar to those on vessel O83 in the Dauphin’s Treasure. The one on the foot, howe
This O- 80 Made in a single piece of rock crystal, this masterpiece is a show of technical virtuosity. Its decoration permits philosophical, political or even alchemical readings, since it can symbolise the plenitude of the human being, the Universal Monarchy, or the transmutation of alchemy. Visually, it tells the story of Hermaphroditus, based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The fruit of the union betw
