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Jug with a mask and medallions
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Jug with a mask and medallions

anonymous · c. 1650 - c. 1720 · turning; vitrification; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); fired; formed; ingriffen; stoneware; glaze; cobalt (mineral)

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Stoneware jug on a high foot with an egg-shaped body and a 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 in glaze with cobalt blue. The jug is decorated with a relief decoration in which the belly is largely covered with printed, applied medallions with a flower rosette against a blue background. Under the spout on the neck, a modeled mask has been applied. Westerwald.

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Credit lineJug with a mask and medallions. c. 1650 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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