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Drug jar (albarello)

first half of 17th century
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
DimensionsHeight: 31.43 cm (12 3/8 in.); diameter: 4 in.

Credit LineThe John Pickering Lyman Collection—Gift of Miss Theodora Lyman
Accession number19.1302
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1915, Theodora Lyman, Boston; 1919, gift of Miss Theodora Lyman to the MFA.


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