18th Century Decorative Arts - Great Hall Costume Corridor Level 2, NGV International
Physical description
Large open vessel with globular/ovoid body, short thick neck below a flat rim, with twin columnar handles rising from the shoulder to plates extending from the rim. On the edge of the rim is a band of laurel. On the neck of Side A, a panel of ivy pattern. On the top of the rim, ivy pattern.
Side A: two pairs of figures, a draped female facing a youth, naked except for drapery over his arm. These are palaestra scenes. Side B: two pairs of draped youths facing each other, less carefully drawn.