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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jug

late 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of earthenware covered with a red-brown and green mottled glaze. In the form of a naked man seated on the shoulder of the jar, and his hand and head rests on the lip. Pear-shaped jar with a narrow cylindrical neck and loop handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware covered with a red-brown and green mottled glaze
Brief description
Jug of earthenware covered with a mottled glaze, Emile Müller France, second half 19th century.
Physical description
Jug of earthenware covered with a red-brown and green mottled glaze. In the form of a naked man seated on the shoulder of the jar, and his hand and head rests on the lip. Pear-shaped jar with a narrow cylindrical neck and loop handle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
  • Width: 11.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '5B' (On the base, incised)
  • '184' (Impressed)
  • 'JYIBERT' (Impressed, at the foot)
  • 'E. Muller' (Incised below the handle)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Henry Louis Florence, Esq.
Production
Possibly by Emile Müller?
Confirmed by Prof. Paul Arthur, January 2014
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1219-1917

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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