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Jug with a lion's head and medallions
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Jug with a lion's head and medallions

anonymous · c. 1630 - c. 1660 · turning; vitrification; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); fired; formed; ingriffen; stoneware; glaze; cobalt (mineral)

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Jug of stoneware on a high foot with a narrow neck, egg-shaped body and a pinched spout in the rim. The C-shaped handle is attached to the neck and shoulder. Partially covered with cobalt blue. On the foot and neck several profiles. The jug is decorated with a relief decoration in which the body is largely covered with printed, applied medallions with a flower rosette against a blue background. On the neck under the spout a modeled lion's head is attached. Westerwald.

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Credit lineJug with a lion's head and medallions. c. 1630 - c. 1660. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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