Caption

Wooden pear-shaped peg tankard, round, richly decorated with bas-reliefs depicting Passion scenes and a Resurrection of Christ scene on the lid; lid rim and handle decorated with plant motifs and masks and studded with ivory pins; center of lid has a row of vertically driven metal pegs placed at regular intervals top two missing. Carved wood, inscriptions, figurative and Gospel/Passion iconography, noted. 17th century, Scandinavia. Height 23.5 cm; width 20.5 cm., An ornately carved wooden tankard with a hinged lid is shown against a plain gray background; the body and handle display intricate relief scenes and scrolling decoration, with the lid opened upright to reveal detailed carved work along its rim and inner surface, and there are a few small pale inlaid circular accents on the hinge and handle; the visible colors are brown tones in the wood, pale cream in the inlays, and gray in the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_235

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Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (1.3Mb) / 13.3in x 20.0in / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Wooden pear-shaped peg tankard round richly decorated bas-reliefs depicting Passion scenes Resurrection Christ scene lid lid rim handle decorated plant motifs masks studded ivory pins center row vertically driven metal pegs placed regular intervals top two missing Carved wood inscriptions figurative Gospel Passion iconography noted 17th century Scandinavia Height 23.5 cm width 20.5 cm ornately carved wooden tankard hinged lid shown plain gray background body handle display intricate relief scenes scrolling decoration opened upright reveal detailed work rim inner surface small pale inlaid circular accents hinge handle visible colors brown tones wood pale cream inlays background.