Small Drinking Cup (krause)
At a time when grottoes were the fascination of princes and artists in Renaissance Germany, Nuremberg potters experimented with a variety of textures to evoke natural forms. Known as a Krause, the small cup is covered in a textured surface possibly comprised of fired ceramics or crushed pieces of stone. Held up by three feet in the form of pomegranates, a symbol of fertility, the vessel may have served as a marriage cup.
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