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Jug with medallions and foliate scrolls
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Jug with medallions and foliate scrolls

anonymous · c. 1560 - c. 1590 · turning; vitrification; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); slibtechniek; fired; formed; ingriffen; stoneware; glaze; engobe; tin (metal)

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 cylindrical body and a short, wide neck. Covered with a brown engobe. On the belly in relief a stamped and applied decoration of three portraits, one en face and two en profil, with a vase with leafy vines and bird heads in between. The lower part of the belly slopes obliquely and is divided into compartments. The rim is encased in a tin mount of later date with lid and handle. On the lid a medallion with a vase and the year '1714'. Raeren.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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jug
Credit lineJug with medallions and foliate scrolls. c. 1560 - c. 1590. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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