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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Culture: | Italian
| | Title: | Albarello
| | Date Made: | early 17th century
| | Type: | Container; Medical
| | Materials: | Ceramic; earthenware with tin glaze
| | Place Made: | Europe; Italy, Sicily
| | Measurements: | overall: 11 7/8 in x 5 3/4 in; 30.1625 cm x 14.605 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | inscription: lwr., on banner beneath bust (blue on white ground): Syº. de. ēndiuīa. ; inscription: ctr. on banner across bust at eye-level (blue on white ground): [I?]SAI
| | Accession Number: | MH 2002.3.59
| | Credit Line: | Joseph J. Hammer Collection, Gift of Roy A. Hammer
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description: Waisted jar decorated with a medallion containing a male bust surrounded by elaborate scrollwork labeled "ISAI" or LSAI", below in yellow "SY°. DE. ENDIUIA.", green and ochre on a blue ground. Restored.
Tags: pottery; containers; medicine; vessels Subjects: glaze (coating by location); Containers; Pottery Link to share this object record: https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+2002.3.59 |
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