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Lidded Jug

Estimate €180–400

Description

In Caldas da Rainha faience.

Decoration in tones of green, wine-red, yellow and in relief.

Body with relief decoration featuring game pieces, a fully sculpted handle in the form of a fox and a lid knop in the form of a dog.

Marked on the lid Manuel Cipriano Mafra (1829-1905).

(restoration to the lid, losses)

H.: 29 cm

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