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Jug with lions, flower vazes and stylized leaves
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Jug with lions, flower vazes and stylized leaves

anonymous · c. 1650 - c. 1699 · turning; vitrification; blocked; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); fired; formed; ingriffen; stoneware; glaze; cobalt (mineral)

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

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Stoneware jug on a high foot with a globular belly, short neck and straight spout from the shoulder. The C-shaped handle is attached to the neck and belly. Some profiles and incised lines on the foot and neck. Partially covered with cobalt blue. The belly is covered with a relief decoration with on both sides of the spout a printed and applied medallion with a lion. Around it three rows of small, applied flower vases. Above the foot three stamped stylized leaf motifs. Westerwald.

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Credit lineJug with lions, flower vazes and stylized leaves. c. 1650 - c. 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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