A gold-mounted lapis lazuli cup, Cওontinental, second 🐓half of the 19th century

executed in the mannerist taste; the undulated oval lapis cup with everted rim, the bowl finely carved with a calyx of leaves, the oval foot with a beaded knop; the triangular base with Vitruvian scroll border set with lapis roundels and chased with waves, supporting three dolphin-form brackets, one rising to support an entwined-dolphin handle enclosing a lapis ball, the spout of the cup cast and chased as a monster issuing from acanthus, apparently unmarked

width across handles 7 1⁄4 in.; 18,4 cm.

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Coupe en lapis-lazuli montée sur or, Europe continentale, deuxième moitꦰié du XIXe🌃 siècle

width across handles 7 1⁄4 in.; 18,4 cm.