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This monumental tankard from the Thuringian porcelain factory E. & A. Müller is a prime example of German historicism, which richly combines figural relief with allegories of the harvest and abundance. The body of the vessel is decorated with detailed scenes with an ox team, peasants and floating putti, while the lid is topped by a sculpture of children on a sheaf of grain as a symbol of the harvest. The handle of the tankard deserves special attention, which is naturalistically modeled as a branch with a gilded bark texture and at the top bears an expressive mascaron in the form of a grinning forest spirit or a faun with a sticking out tongue. This grotesque element is typical of the German porcelain tradition of the time and gives the object a playful and representative character. The entire work stands out for its precise polychromymore photos
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