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Catalog No. 862
Pottery, relief, 0.5L, figural (Perkeo) or inlaid lid.
Text:
�Zwei dunkle Augen, ein roter Mund,
sind all mein Gl�ck zu jeder Stund.�
(Two dark eyes, a red mouth,
are all my happiness at every hour.)
Text is loosely derived from a song (Zwei dunkel Augen), written by Paul Grossman and set to music by Carl Heinz.
Perkeo (lid figure) was an 18th-century dwarf who served as both court jester and keeper of the royal wine keg in Heidelberg. Despite his size, he was reportedly quite a prodigious drinker and, according to legend, his death came about when he mistakenly drank a glass of water.
Price Ranges
Full-color: $60-$80
Ltd-color: $50-$70
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