Lot Essay
Cf. Gisela Reineking Von Bock, Kataloge des Kunstgewerbemuseums, Köln, Band IV, Steinzeug (Köln, Catalogue), nos. 223-5 and the silver-mounted example was sold in these Rooms, 12 March 1990, lot 229
Various Properties
A SIEGBURG DATED JUG perhaps from the workshop of Christian Knüten, the globular body with short cylindrical neck applied with lions' masks on a reeded diamond-pattern ground, the moulded loop handle with strapwork, flowers and female masks flanking the date 1591 (chips to top rim and handle, handle terminal reduced), late 16th century
Details
A SIEGBURG DATED JUG perhaps from the workshop of Christian Knüten, the globular body with short cylindrical neck applied with lions' masks on a reeded diamond-pattern ground, the moulded loop handle with strapwork, flowers and female masks flanking the date 1591 (chips to top rim and handle, handle terminal reduced), late 16th century
16.5cm. high
16.5cm. high
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's, 24 February 1975, lot 140