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Maiolica jug

Maiolica jug (© Ashmolean Museum Oxford. All rights reserved.)

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Italian

Ashmolean Museum

circa 1570 - 1590

The jug is modelled and moulded in the form of an elegant boot, with a siren handle at the front and a grimacing grotesque mask forming the aperture. It is painted in blue, orange and manganese. A new style of maiolica painted in a rapid, sketchy style came into fashion in Italy from the 1540s onwards, which was perfected by the workshops in Faenza.

  • Medium: tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
  • Dimensions: height: 23.5cm
  • Grant Paid: £2600 ( Total: £6500)
  • ArtFunded in: 2004
  • Vendor: Bazaart

Provenance

American antique shop, 1997; Bazaart.


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