Jug
Unknown Artist
c. 1350
Medium
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Dimensions
26.9 × 10 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Rainer Zietz
Accession Number
1991.112
About this artwork
The distinctive shape of this jug and its decorative glazes point to a kiln in Siena. The body of the vessel is painted in green and manganese to create an unusual scale pattern. Distinctive regional shapes and styles developed in medieval Italy making it possible to assign vessels such as this to a particular region.