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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

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