18th Century Decorative Arts - Great Hall Costume Corridor Level 2, NGV International
Physical description
Vase with an ovoid body, set off from a long neck tapering upwards to a wide flaring mouth, with very wide strap handles from the shoulder to rim level and four raised fillets, one at the neck/body junction, two on the upper body and one at the base of the body. The flat rim is decorated with dolphins and each side of the neck has a large lotus/palmette quatrefoil with added red and white. On the shoulder is a large eye, flanked by palmettes.