Kan met een oor waarvan de tuit op een mascaron steunt

This engraving illustrates an elaborate vessel decorated with classical motifs in the 'all'antica' style. The main body displays a ritual scene with figures leading a bull, while the neck and base are adorned with expressive mascarons and winged hybrid creatures. The ewer's handle is shaped like a thick, curving organic form, and the entire vessel tapers to a point resting on a stone block.

This print reflects the Renaissance and Mannerist obsession with the 'grotesque' and the revival of ancient Roman decorative motifs popularized by Polidoro da Caravaggio. Aegidius Sadeler, who engraved this work, would later become the court engraver for Emperor Rudolf II in Prague, a major center for Hermeticism and the esoteric arts.