Earthenware Jug with Planetary Gods

German

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About the Artwork

Earthenware Jug with Planetary Gods

ca. 1668

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German

German

Salt-glazed stoneware with enamel decoration, pewter mounts

Overall: 8 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 5 inches (21 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm)

Ceramics

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Gift of the Stroh Brewery Company in Memory of Peter W. Stroh

2002.62

This work is in the public domain.

Markings

Inscribed, around neck: [inscription indicating the object ws made to commemorate a wedding in 1668] Inscribed, around center of vessel, with names of planetary gods: SATVRNI. | IVPITER. | MARS. | SOL. | VENUS. | MERCVRI. | LVNA

Provenance

Stroh Brewery Company (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

2002-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Darr, Alan. P. and Brian Gallagher. "Recent acquisitions (2000-2006) of European sculpture and decorative arts at The Detroit Institute of Arts." The Burlington Magazine 149, no. 1251 (June 2007): p. 452, pl. XII (ill.).

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German, Earthenware Jug with Planetary Gods, ca. 1668, salt-glazed stoneware with enamel decoration, pewter mounts. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Stroh Brewery Company in Memory of Peter W. Stroh, 2002.62.

Earthenware Jug with Planetary Gods
Earthenware Jug with Planetary Gods