Two-handled storage jug (albarello) with crowned eagles
Unknown
ca. 1460–80 · Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
In the fifteenth century, Italian maiolica design was influenced by vases imported from Spain, which is apparent in this vase's winglike handles. Dramatic and impractical, they echo the spread wings of the crowned eagles painted on either side of the vessel, a motif also borrowed from Hispano-Moresque pottery. The style of ornament mimics patterns typically found on earthenware produced in Valencia.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1460–80
- Medium
- Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
- Culture
- Italian, Deruta
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1965
