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Detail
Jug
German (Siegburg)
dated 1572, but probably 19th century
Object Place: Siegburg
Medium/Technique
Stoneware
Dimensions
Height x width: 45.7 × 24.3 × 21.5 cm (18 × 9 9/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund
Accession Number58.325
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionBaluster form, grayish cream color, uneven splayed foot. Pressed reliefs applied; beneath arches Adoration of the Magi and Parable of Loaves and Fishes (dated); at sides in simpler arch Melchizedek, Samson and Delilah. Medallions around narrow neck: Holy Roman Emperor, Pope Hadrian VI, Flagellation and Crucificion. C-scroll handles (one restored) at everted lip. Has date of 1566.
Provenance1958, Blumka Gallery, New York; 1958 sold by Blumka Gallery to the MFA for $2,000.00 (Accession Date: March 13, 1958)