Pandora, Pandora is depicted as a young, half-naked woman sitting backwards on a small column. It is made of ivory, with loosely attached arms. She wears a rose branch in her hair. She turns around with her upper body and face. Around her body a silver drapery that turns downwards around the column. In her left hand an enamelled gilt silver box with palmettes and dolphins on enameled ground in blue and red. A gold-plated silver snake against the column shaft. On the stepped square foot of the column at the front a text plate surrounded by laurel branches on which: PANDORE. Two silver appliques on the sides respectively. with a lizard between ivy and a snail between vines. The column shaft is made of lapis lazuli, the column base is made of jasper and the whole rests on a serpentine stone base with dog heads cut into the corners. Column crowning with gilt silver capital, the two visible sides of which are decorated with a winged lion's head and a ram's head, (story of) Pandora, attributes or Pandora: box, Maison Vever, Paris, c. 1889, ivory, lapis lazuli (rock), serpentine (mineral), jasper, silver (metal), gilding (material), gilding, h 42 cm × w 19 cm × d 17 cm
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Pandora, depicted, young, half-naked woman sitting backwards, small column, ivory, loosely attached arms, wears, rose branch, hair, turns, upper body, face, Around, body, black-and-white drapery, turns downwards, column, left hand, enamelled gilt black-and-white box, palmettes, dolphins, enameled ground, blue, red, gold-plated black-and-white snake, column shaft, stepped square foot, front, text plate surrounded, laurel branches, PANDORE, Two black-and-white appliques, sides respectively, lizard, ivy, snail, vines, lapis lazuli, column base, jasper, whole rests, serpentine stone base, dog heads cut, corners, Column crowning, gilt black-and-white capital, two visible sides, decorated, winged lion's head, ram's head, story, attributes, box, Maison Vever, Paris, c, 1889, rock, serpentine, mineral, black-and-white, metal, gilding, material
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