Drug Vase
ca. 1505 (made)
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Drug vase (albarello) of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours. Inscribed in blue with the name of the drug 'BENEDETA SPRICE' on a horizontal scroll. In the form of a slightly concave cylinder with a bevelled shoulder and base. Above it is a hare running and below are two dolphins with a palmette between then. From the tails of the dolphins spring symmetrically scrolled stems bearing flowers and foliage, and linked together with the stalk of a large flower on the reverse of the vase. The shoulder is decorated with a row of coiled buds in blue reserved on a yellow band. The base is encircled by a wreath of foliage.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours |
| Brief description | Drug vase (albarello) of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours, Deruta, ca. 1505 |
| Physical description | Drug vase (albarello) of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours. Inscribed in blue with the name of the drug 'BENEDETA SPRICE' on a horizontal scroll. In the form of a slightly concave cylinder with a bevelled shoulder and base. Above it is a hare running and below are two dolphins with a palmette between then. From the tails of the dolphins spring symmetrically scrolled stems bearing flowers and foliage, and linked together with the stalk of a large flower on the reverse of the vase. The shoulder is decorated with a row of coiled buds in blue reserved on a yellow band. The base is encircled by a wreath of foliage. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'BENEDETA SPRICE' (Inscribed in blue round the middle, on a scroll)
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Object history | Zschille Collection Zschille Sale Catalogue., Christie's, 1 June 1899, Lot 21 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Zschille Sale Catalogue., Christie's, 1 June 1899, Lot 21 |
| Other number | 403 - Rackham (1940) |
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| Accession number | C.2295-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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