M.31-1933%20%288%29.jpg

An image of Cup with Cover
Copper, enamelled en grisaille with pink on a black ground, appearing very dark manganese-brown at the edges. The hemispherical bowl of the cup is supported on a vase-shaped knop on top of a bell-shaped circular foot. The low domed cover has a flange round the edge, and a raised central area with a replacement finial in the form of a horizontal metal grotesque mask. This is held in position on the underside by a lump of red sealing was. The interior of the cup is decorated with the Creation of Adam, surrounded by a broad black border. God stands on the right. He is bearded and crowned and wears a volumonous long gown. He extends his left hand towards the nude figure of Adam which lies on the ground to the left. In the background there is a landscape with hills and a lake with three sea creatures in it; trees on either side behind the figures; and between them, many animals, including oxen, a pelican, a lion, a camel, a goat, a rabbit, and a cat chasing a mouse. A stag and hind are on the right of God. The underside of the bowl is decorated with a radiating design of four grotesque masks, curling strapwork, swags and beading. The initials '.I.C.' are painted below one mask on the strapwork. Round the rim there is an egg and tongue border.The vase-shaped knop is decorated with three female masks and swags, and on the foot is a battle scene al antica, with nude warriors on foot and on horseback. The outer edges of the foot and rim are white. The cover is decorated on the exterior with a central flowerhead surrounded by four leonine masks on curling strapwork, around which is a continuous procession of revelling putti wearing vine wreaths in their hair. One is seated in a chariot, the next holds a ewer, two walk together behind another accompanied by a goat, two skip along behind a trumpet player, the next holds a large jar above his head, the next sits holding a vine bra

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Cup with Cover Copper, enamelled en grisaille with pink on a black ground, appearing very dark manganese-brown at the edges. The hemispherical bowl of the cup is supported on a vase-shaped knop on top of a bell-shaped circular foot. The low domed cover has a flange round the edge, and a raised central area with a replacement finial in the form of a horizontal metal grotesque mask. This is held in position on the underside by a lump of red sealing was. The interior of the cup is decorated with the Creation of Adam, surrounded by a broad black border. God stands on the right. He is bearded and crowned and wears a volumonous long gown. He extends his left hand towards the nude figure of Adam which lies on the ground to the left. In the background there is a landscape with hills and a lake with three sea creatures in it; trees on either side behind the figures; and between them, many animals, including oxen, a pelican, a lion, a camel, a goat, a rabbit, and a cat chasing a mouse. A stag and hind are on the right of God. The underside of the bowl is decorated with a radiating design of four grotesque masks, curling strapwork, swags and beading. The initials '.I.C.' are painted below one mask on the strapwork. Round the rim there is an egg and tongue border.The vase-shaped knop is decorated with three female masks and swags, and on the foot is a battle scene al antica, with nude warriors on foot and on horseback. The outer edges of the foot and rim are white. The cover is decorated on the exterior with a central flowerhead surrounded by four leonine masks on curling strapwork, around which is a continuous procession of revelling putti wearing vine wreaths in their hair. One is seated in a chariot, the next holds a ewer, two walk together behind another accompanied by a goat, two skip along behind a trumpet player, the next holds a large jar above his head, the next sits holding a vine bra

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Accession Number: M.31 & A-1933
Photograph Copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 760 pixels
Image width: 754 pixels
Processed with: ACD Systems Digital Imaging
Filesize: 105.15kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2007:12:21 00:26:31

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