a raeren stoneware jug and pewter cover
Second half 16th Century
The globular brown-glazed body decorated with a frieze in relief with soldiers under arches with cherub's-head corner motifs, between ribbed bands, the shoulder with floral panels, the cylindrical ribbed neck with a frieze of scrolling foliage in relief, with loop handle and ball-shaped thumb piece (firing cracks)
27.5 cm. (10 3/4 in.) high overall
Provenance
collection Stodel, Amsterdam
Lot Essay
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