Apothecary jar
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- steengoed met kobaltblauw
- Dimensions
- height 18 cm x diameter 10.5 cm
- Origin
- Raeren
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Image provider
- rijksmuseum
- License
- Public Domain
- Credit
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Art Genome Taxonomy
7 tags
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 95%
Much of the exterior is covered with repeated molded bands, floral ornament, lobed forms, and cobalt-blue accents.
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Patterns Visual · 92%
Repeated horizontal registers, vertical lobes, scrolling forms, and floral motifs organize the surface into recurring decorative patterns.
Medium and Techniques
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Relief Visual · 94%
Raised molded bands, lobed elements, floral motifs, and projecting ornament are visibly modeled across the vessel’s exterior.
Time Periods
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16th Century Art Metadata · 95%
The catalog dates the object to approximately 1590–1600, placing it within the sixteenth century.
Materials
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Ceramic Both · 99%
The catalog records stoneware with cobalt blue; visually, the object has the hard, glazed appearance of a ceramic vessel.
Tableware, Vessels, and Objects
Source & rights
anonymous. Apothecary jar. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.