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Jug with a medallion and stylized foliate ornamentation
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Jug with a medallion and stylized foliate ornamentation

anonymous · c. 1650 - c. 1724 · turning; vitrification; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); fired; formed; ingriffen; stoneware; glaze; manganese oxide; 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. Several profiles on the foot and neck. Partially covered with cobalt blue and manganese purple. On the front of the body a printed and applied relief medallion with flowers and petal-shaped compartments. An empty medallion around the handle. The sides feature a vertical line of lion heads with a band of triangles with a flower on either side. A rosette on the neck. Westerwald.

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Credit lineJug with a medallion and stylized foliate ornamentation. c. 1650 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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