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Description

White pyriform earthenware jug on flat base, loop handle, flaring neck with wide mouth and pinched spout. On the body is painted a scene with two men, carrying a large bunch of grapes on a carrying stick, with surrounding trees and foliage. "1753" is inscribed around a tree and "Mathiess Eissenmang" on the neck.

Cultural Context

functional; decorative

Iconographic Meaning

Image of two men carrying a large bundle of grapes may be a reference to Numbers 13:33 in the Bible, when Joshua and Caleb are coming back from exploring the promised land: “Then they came to the valley of Eshcol and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two men, with some of the pomegranates and the figs.” From the workshop of Mathiess Eissenmang.

Specific Techniques

tin-glazed

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