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Jug with a mask and flower vases
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Jug with a mask and flower vases

anonymous · c. 1650 - c. 1680 · turning; vitrification; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); fired; formed; ingriffen; stoneware; glaze; cobalt (mineral)

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

About this work

Stoneware jug on a high foot with a narrow neck, ovoid 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 glaze. On the foot and neck some incised lines. The jug is decorated with a relief decoration where the belly is largely covered with printed, applied flower vases against a blue background. On the neck under the spout a modeled mask is attached. Westerwald.

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Credit lineJug with a mask and flower vases. c. 1650 - c. 1680. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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