Caption

A painted ceramic jug with a handle, decorated with stylized figures of people robbers and musicians and animals, featuring painted decorations, zoomorphic representations and linear patterns; unique item. Maker: Antoni Kenar 1906–1959, co-created with the Office of Production Aesthetics Supervision 1947–1949 and the State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Zakopane est. 1876. Date: 1949. Place of origin: Zakopane. Vessel, height 19.5 cm, diameter 14 cm., A rounded ceramic vessel with a narrow neck and small rim, glazed in an off-white or cream tone with a slightly speckled surface, decorated with black linear drawings depicting simplified human figures and abstract shapes, and accented with areas of muted pink and gray; the neck has a band of darker beige and a thin black ring where it meets the shoulder, and the base shows a thin black line encircling the form.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_393

License type

Rights managed

Available size

70.8Mb (1.1Mb) / 15.0in x 18.3in / 4500 x 5500 (300dpi)

Keywords

A painted ceramic jug handle decorated stylized figures people robbers musicians animals featuring painted decorations zoomorphic representations linear patterns unique item Maker Antoni Kenar 1906–1959 co-created Office Production Aesthetics Supervision 1947–1949 State Secondary School Fine Arts Zakopane est 1876 Date 1949 Place origin Zakopane Vessel height 19.5 cm diameter 14 cm rounded ceramic vessel narrow neck small rim glazed off-white cream tone slightly speckled surface black linear drawings depicting simplified human figures abstract shapes accented areas muted pink gray neck band darker beige thin black ring meets shoulder base thin black line encircling form.