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Jug with a mask, chip carving and fluting
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Jug with a mask, chip carving and fluting

anonymous · c. 1600 - c. 1620 · turning; vitrification; blocked; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); fired; formed; kerven; 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 can on a high foot with a globular body and narrow neck with pinched spout. The C-shaped handle is attached to the neck and shoulder. Profiles on the neck, belly and foot. Partially covered with cobalt blue. The lower part of the belly with vertical fluting and above that a band of stamped leaf scrolls, separated from the shoulder by a band of profiles. On the shoulder alternating fluting and panels with incised decoration. On the front of the neck in relief a pressed and applied mask. The handle is marked with a stamped 'F'. Raeren/ Westerwald.

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Credit lineJug with a mask, chip carving and fluting. c. 1600 - c. 1620. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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