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Regensburg Steinzeug: Burial of a hunter


From the collection of Paul Van Eck


funeral of a hunter

A cast-iron relief of the same scene (photo courtesy G. de Vries)

What a fantastically funny scene on this stoneware stein:
A parade of animals.. all of them hunter's prey.. but there's a twist! They're all quite happy, because they are in a parade.. to bury the hunter!

The hunter has obviously died and been put in a coffin. The coffin is carried on the back of 2 deer. A boar is in the parade also.. carrying a shovel to dig the hole. At the front of the parade are a fox and a hare. The fox is leading the parade, while reading from a book (probably the Bible). The bunny behind him is carrying a cross.
In the back of the animal parade are the hunter's horse and the hunter's dogs..

A sad parade for the hunter.. but a happy one for the animals!

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type stein materialstoneware
producer mold-
designer/decorator
capacity   
design date1850-1900   
height 12.0 cm (appx. 4.7 inches.)   


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