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Jug with a lion's head and fluted body
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Jug with a lion's head and fluted body

anonymous · c. 1590 - c. 1610 · turning; vitrification; blocked; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); fired; formed; ingriffen; stoneware; glaze; cobalt (mineral); tin (metal)

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Jug of stoneware on a high foot with a globular body and narrow neck with a pinched spout. The C-shaped handle is attached to the neck and shoulder. Profiles on the neck and foot. Partially covered with cobalt blue. The belly with canelures, separated by a profile. The neck with a stamped and applied relief lion's head and a band with stamped, triangular leaf motifs. The jug is mounted in a tin mount with lid and the inscription 'N.H.'. Possibly a forgery. Germany/Raeren.

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Credit lineJug with a lion's head and fluted body. c. 1590 - c. 1610. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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