Sold for A$360
Tiny little Bellarmine or Bartmann Jug. Tiger Glaze. Wide mouth with ring around neck. Pottery Stoneware Tiger Glaze. Handle. Wide mouth with ring around neck. Glazed base. 120 mm. 17th Century
Excellent. A wonderful early piece in this small size. 8 x 3 mm chip inside the back lip. 6 x 3 mm shallow chip to the front lip. Nibbling and small chips all the way around the sharp base edge. A couple of kiln marks around the body. This speckled tiger glaze is hard to beat. (From the Ian Mastin collection whose exceptional still life artwork includes many of these pieces - http://www.ianmastin.com/) Grade: 8 Estimate: $150 - 200