Jar
1520-1530 (made)
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Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue. On the label is the name of the electuary 'BENEDECTA'. Cylindrical and contracted at the neck and base. Between the two ends of the label, which nearly encircles the vase, is an interlaced device, and round the shoulder and base are blue bands with white zig-zag ornament. The remaining surface is painted with flowers and foliage on scrolled stems.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue |
| Brief description | Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, Italy, probably Le Marche, 1520-1530 |
| Physical description | Drug jar, tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue. On the label is the name of the electuary 'BENEDECTA'. Cylindrical and contracted at the neck and base. Between the two ends of the label, which nearly encircles the vase, is an interlaced device, and round the shoulder and base are blue bands with white zig-zag ornament. The remaining surface is painted with flowers and foliage on scrolled stems. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'BENEDECTA' (On the painted label)
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| Object history | Provenance: bought from an unknownsource with 1117-1901; both jars stated to have come from the monastery of Cagli, near Urbino Transferred to Circulation in 1909 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Elisa Sani, Not in Rackham - 'Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Victoria and Albert Museum – Part 1', in: Keramos 210 (2010), pp. 1-30, cat. 20 |
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| Accession number | 1116-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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