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LOT 0385
Medieval Glazed Jug with Spout in the Form of a Cockerel
SOUTHERN GERMANY OR TYROL, 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/2 in. (1.22 kg, 26.7 cm).
Biconvex in profile with flared foot, strap handle with external rib, D-shaped flared rim, spout formed as an avian head with feather detailing. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Oscar Bundy collection, Vienna, Austria.
John Philip Kassebaum collection, before 1981.
Brunk Auctions, 21 September 2013, no.12.
Ex central London gallery.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Published
John V.G. Mallet, et. al., The John Philip Kassebaum Collection Volume One, 1981, no.117.
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LOT 0385
Medieval Glazed Jug with Spout in the Form of a Cockerel
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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