Master A
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Master A is a designation for an unidentified sculptor or metalworker known only by a distinguishing mark or monogram. Such anonymous master designations are common in Renaissance and medieval art history, where many skilled artists worked without signing their names in the modern sense.
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Master A is an anonymous artist identified only by a mark or monogram. Such designations are common in Renaissance and medieval art, where many skilled craftsmen didn't sign works in the modern sense.
The Kandila (Collared Jar with Conical Foot), dated to around 3000 BCE, is held at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The name is a scholarly convention marking an unidentified craftsman known only by a mark or monogram found on surviving works.
The attributed Kandila jar dates to around 3000 BCE, making it one of the oldest works in the collection.
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