Description:
Decorated with a bust in manganese, yellow, and ochre above a label surrounded by blue and white scrollwork panels. Restored.

Label Text:
This vessel is decorated with a playfully painted classical bust above a Latin inscription. The reverse displays an equally whimsical image of a smiling satyr. The inscription consists of the abbreviation pillole masticmor, indicating the jar was used to store pills made from mastic resin harvested from the Mediterranean tree/shrub Pistacia lentiscus and used for gastrointestinal conditions.

Tags:
pottery; containers; medicine

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