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Jug
Also titled Kan
c. 1685 - c. 1690
- Medium
- earthenware, tin glaze, faience
- Classification
- ewer
- Dimensions
- height 25 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of the heirs of J.F. Loudon, The Hague
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
Although the decoration of this jug is dominated by blue, the scene with four Asian figures also includes yellow and green. The gold and red accents were applied over the glaze during an additional firing. These tints were thus much more fragile and have consequently suffered the most.
