Ewer and Basin Ewer and basin Dish with a circular representation of Neptune and its entourage on the shelf. The round dish has a broad, flat edge with six lobes, each with a small bulge in the middle. Each lob contains a medallion, the frame of which is made up of dolphins with intersecting, raised tails, above which a barbel-like creature and other soft ornaments. The medallions contain scenes that can be grouped as pairs: two representations of a winged child on the back of a dolphin, one holding a stick with fish in hand, the other holding a trident, two representations of a child on the back of a hippocampus, one child winged, holding a stick with fish, and two representations of a winged child, one with a trident, on the back of a sea creature with a goat body and fish tail. The performances are visually linked because the equal sea creatures swim in each other's direction, while the children look back and thus form the connection with the group next to them., sea thiasos, Neptune's sea retinue, scallop, shell, ornament, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, Cornelis Tromp, Johannes Lutma (1584-1669), 1647, silver (metal), h 51.0 cm × d 75.0 cm × h 6.5 cm × w 74.5 cm × w 3900 gr

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