Vase with cover
Zagreb, North-West Croatia, Croatia
Museum of Arts and Crafts
About Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb
Late 17th century
Unknown artist
MUO 11221/a,b
Tin-glazed earthenware
Height: 17 cm
Adriaen Pijnacker’s or Pietr Kock’s workshop
Ceramic
Delft
A vase with an octagonal base, short neck and cover. There are upright, narrow flutes across the entire surface. The plant ornamentation, painted in blue, red-brown and green is of Oriental inspiration. It is signed in red-brown: “APK” (in ligature) and engraved “X”.
View Short DescriptionA vase with an octagonal base, short neck and cover. The plant ornamentation, painted in blue, red-brown and green is of Oriental inspiration.
By inscription and stylistic analysis.
From the estate of Countess Jelisava Draskovic, Zagreb; purchased for the Museum collection in 1959.
Muzej za umjetnost i obrt 1880–1970. Katalog izabranih djela (Museum of Arts and Crafts 1880–1970. Museum of Arts and Crafts 1880-1970: catalogue of selected works) Zagreb, 1970, cat. 67.
Marina Bagarić "Vase with cover" in "Discover Baroque Art", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://baroqueart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;BAR;hr;Mus11;38;en
Prepared by: Marina BagarićMarina Bagarić
SURNAME: Bagaric
NAME: Marina
AFFILIATION: Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb, Croatia
TITLE: Senior Curator, Head of the Ceramics Collection and Architecture
Department
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Marina Bagaric studied Art History and Russian Language and Literature at Zagreb University, and was awarded her MA in the History of Architecture in 2006. She has been a curator at the Museum of Arts and Crafts since 1998, and since 2004, a Senior Curator and head of the Ceramics Collection and Architecture Department. She has curated exhibitions of contemporary Croatian ceramics, and is author and contributing author of various articles and catalogues associated with the Museum’s exhibitions: Art Nouveau in Croatia (2003), Tuscan Donations (2004) and Hidden Treasures from the Holdings of the Museum of Arts and Crafts (2005/6).
Translation by: Graham McMaster
Translation copyedited by: Mandi GomezMandi Gomez
Amanda Gomez is a freelance copy-editor and proofreader working in London. She studied Art History and Literature at Essex University (1986–89) and received her MA (Area Studies Africa: Art, Literature, African Thought) from SOAS in 1990. She worked as an editorial assistant for the independent publisher Bellew Publishing (1991–94) and studied at Bookhouse and the London College of Printing on day release. She was publications officer at the Museum of London until 2000 and then took a role at Art Books International, where she worked on projects for independent publishers and arts institutions that included MWNF’s English-language editions of the books series Islamic Art in the Mediterranean. She was part of the editorial team for further MWNF iterations: Discover Islamic Art in the Mediterranean Virtual Museum and the illustrated volume Discover Islamic Art in the Mediterranean.
True to its ethos of connecting people through the arts, MWNF has provided Amanda with valuable opportunities for discovery and learning, increased her editorial experience, and connected her with publishers and institutions all over the world. More recently, the projects she has worked on include MWNF’s Sharing History Virtual Museum and Exhibition series, Vitra Design Museum’s Victor Papanek and Objects of Desire, and Haus der Kulturen der Welt’s online publication 2 or 3 Tigers and its volume Race, Nation, Class.
MWNF Working Number: HR 38
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