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Earthen Stag 1
![Earthen_Stag_46.85.5](https://www.wendoverart.com/media/wysiwyg/the_met_spr24/Earthen_Stag_46.85.5.jpg)
Our Inspiration:Two-Handled Jar with Stag
Italian, made in Florence or its vicinity
Tin-glazed earthenware, early 1400s
Fletcher Fund, 1946 46.85.5
A manuscript from the early 1400s gives a recipe for a “blue [pigment] raised in the Florentine manner,” a likely reference to the striking cobalt-blue paint found on this jar and many others associated with Florentine potters. Sometimes called “relief blue,” the paint is applied so thickly as to create a raised surface.
![Earthen_Stag_46.85.5](https://www.wendoverart.com/media/wysiwyg/the_met_spr24/Earthen_Stag_46.85.5.jpg)
Our Inspiration:Two-Handled Jar with Stag
Italian, made in Florence or its vicinity
Tin-glazed earthenware, early 1400s
Fletcher Fund, 1946 46.85.5
A manuscript from the early 1400s gives a recipe for a “blue [pigment] raised in the Florentine manner,” a likely reference to the striking cobalt-blue paint found on this jar and many others associated with Florentine potters. Sometimes called “relief blue,” the paint is applied so thickly as to create a raised surface.