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Jug with masks, flowers and chip carving
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Jug with masks, flowers and chip carving

anonymous · c. 1590 - c. 1650 · turning; vitrification; blocked; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); fired; formed; kerven; ingriffen; stoneware; glaze

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Stoneware jug on a ring stand with a globular body and narrow neck. The C-shaped handle is attached to the neck and belly. Profiles on the neck and foot. Covered with a (worn) brown glaze. On the belly, standing and hanging leaf shapes in chip-carving surrounded by a stamped band. The neck is divided into two bands: one with pressed and applied masks in relief, the other with stamped flowers. Frechen.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
jug
Credit lineJug with maskes, flowers and chip carving. c. 1590 - c. 1650. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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