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Jug with men beneath arches
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Jug with men beneath arches

anonymous · c. 1570 - c. 1600 · turning; vitrification; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); slibtechniek; fired; formed; ingriffen; stoneware; glaze; engobe

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Stoneware jug on a high foot with a cylindrical body, rounded shoulder, and long neck. Both handles are missing. Profiles on the neck and foot. Covered with a brown engobe. On the belly, a stamped and applied relief band depicting men in 16th-century attire (soldiers) full-length under arches. The base of the handles is in the form of a lion's head. The lower part of the belly slopes obliquely to the foot and is divided into compartments with incised lines. On the shoulder and neck, a decorative band. Raeren.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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jug
Credit lineJug with men beneath arches. c. 1570 - c. 1600. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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