Ewer
Details
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- Dimensions
- Height: 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm)
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Hybrids and Imaginary Creatures Both · 90%
The catalog lists Dragons as the subject, while the image shows zoomorphic, fantastical forms integrated into the handle and spout.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%
The vessel is densely covered with repeated borders, inlaid bands, molded figures, projecting details, and elaborate handle and spout elements.
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Patterns Visual · 99%
Numerous horizontal registers contain repeating meanders, interlacing designs, geometric borders, and small foliate or floral-like motifs.
Medium and Techniques
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Glass and Ceramics Metadata · 98%
The catalog classification and medium identify the work as a ceramic object with molded ornament and glaze.
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Relief Metadata · 92%
The catalog specifies molded ornament, and the image shows raised ornamental and figurative elements projecting from the vessel surface.
Time Periods
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16th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog date of ca. 1550 places the work in the sixteenth century.
Materials
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Ceramic Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies the object as ceramics-pottery and specifies lead-glazed earthenware.
Tableware, Vessels, and Objects
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Vessel Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the object as an ewer, and the image clearly shows a handled pouring vessel with a spout, body, opening, and footed base.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Ewer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.