Peasants Dancing

Catalog No. 149

Pottery or stoneware, relief, 2.5L, pewter lid.

Text:
�PEIFER GEIPER DV MVS PLASEN DAN DANSEN DIE PAVREN ALS WEREN SIE RASEND.�
(Piper you must blow lively, then the peasants will dance as if crazy.)
�WER WILL HALTEN SEINEN SCHEDEL GANS DER LAS DEN BAVREN IHREN DANS.�
(He who wants to keep his head whole should leave the peasants their dance.)

The images around the central frieze are taken from prints by Renaissance engraver Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550).

Price Range: $125-$175

     
     
RH 149
RH 149

 
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