Drobná keramická plastika
Small ceramic sculptures

Author(s): Markéta Tymonová, Martin Hložek, Zdenka Mechurová
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Visual Arts, 15th Century, History of Art
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: small ceramic sculptures; pottery; ceramic products; stove tiles; clay body;
Summary/Abstract: Small ceramic sculptures were made in pottery workshops and people used them in everyday life for various secular as well as religious purposes. They were widespread throughout Central Europe and their origin was localised to the pottery-making centres in Rhineland, Bavaria, Saxony or Lusatia. Ceramic products from these centres were then imitated in the neighbouring countries (Hoffmann 1996, 158–160). We often find them in towns around the main square and in the area of former markets, because in the Middle Ages they became a popular market article and were brought as devotional souvenirs from pilgrimage sites.

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