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Pilgrim's flask, painted in many colors
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Pilgrim's flask, painted in many colors

anonymous · c. 1500 - c. 1525 · glassblowing; gild; emailschilderen; email; glass

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Pilgrim's flask, low concave foot with a turned-over rim. Flattened globular body transitioning into a slender neck, slightly flared at the top. On the sides at the bottom and on the shoulders an eye. On the front and back a rosette engraved in gilding, enlivened with small rosettes in blue, red and green with white dots. On the side a rhombus in gilding and engraving with colored dots. On the foot a gilded and engraved band with colored dots. Around the middle of the neck a colored band with white arabesques between two gilded and engraved bands with colored dots. Colored bands with white arabesques connect the central rosette to the four eyes.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePelgrimsfles, veelkleurig beschilderd. c. 1500 - c. 1525. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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