Jug

Unknown

ca. 1480–1500 · Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Jugs ornamented with heraldic animals were very popular and were widespread; the shape of this one is typically Tuscan. Examples like this were traded extensively and one is represented in the famous Merode Triptych, painted in the Netherlands around 1430 and currently on view at the Cloisters (see metmuseum.org/collections).

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1480–1500

Medium

Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)

Culture

Italian, Florence or environs (probably Montelupo)

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1965