Piggy bank
Also titled Spaarvarken
c. 1300 - c. 1500
- Medium
- terracotta (clay material)
- Classification
- fragment
- Dimensions
- height 16 cm x width 13 cm x depth 17.3 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of C. Oorthuys, Baak
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
Contrary to popular belief, the piggy bank is not a European invention. Many terracotta piggy banks have been found on Java. Most are in the form of a pig, as the fat animal evoked associations with wealth. The slot for coins is still visible on the back of this example.
