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Jug

late 1300s or early 1400s
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 307
Stoneware, a specialty of medieval German potters, is a hard, nonporous ceramic. As it is both strong and impervious to liquids, it was ideally suited for domestic purposes.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Jug
  • Date: late 1300s or early 1400s
  • Geography: Made in Siegburg, Lower Rhineland, Germany
  • Culture: German
  • Medium: Partially salt-glazed stoneware
  • Dimensions: Overall: 9 1/8 x 5 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (23.1 x 13.9 x 12.1 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Gift of Anthony and Lois Blumka, 1991
  • Object Number: 1991.471.4
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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