A COLOGNE PROTO-FRECHEN RHENISH STONEWARE BELLARMINE

CIRCA 1540

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A COLOGNE PROTO-FRECHEN RHENISH STONEWARE BELLARMINE
CIRCA 1540
(BARTMANNKRUG), THE LIGHT BROWN-GROUND GLOBULAR BODY APPLIED IN RELIEF WITH A CENTRAL FRIEZE ENCLOSING LEAVES AND ROUNDELS DEPICTING PORTRAITS IN PROFILE, AND WITH TWO ROWS OF ROUNDELS DEPICTING PORTRAITS EN SUITE DIVIDED BY TRIANGULAR ACANTHUS LEAVES, THE NECK AND SHOULDERS WITH A LARGE BEARDED MALE MASK AND WITH LOOP HANDLE, (THE HANDLE RESTORED)
19CM. (7 1/2IN.) HIGH

Literature

C.F. E. KLINGE, DUITS STEENGOED, GERMAN STONEWARE, COLL. RIJKSMUSEUM AMSTERDAM, ZWOLLE 1996, P. 12, ILL. 13

Lot Essay

THE COLOGNE PRODUCTION WAS SLIGHTLY PRIOR TO ITS SUBURBIAN MANUFACTORIES AT FRECHEN. THE OBJECTS WERE STILL VERY INSPIRED BY THE COINS FOUND IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS IN THE ANCIENT COLONIA AGRIPPINIENSIS AND FASHIONABLE DURING RENAISSANCE TIMES.

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