Two-handled drug jar
about 1427–31
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with zaffera in rilievo decoration
DimensionsHeight: 23.5 cm (91/4 in.), diameter: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Weight = 2.5 lbs
Weight = 2.5 lbs
Credit LineThe Arthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession number23.268
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
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Painted on each handle of this jar is a crutch, emblem of the Florentine hospital of Santa Maria Nuova, for which the jar was made. (Master Site Plan 2D02, 2003)
ProvenanceAbout 1427/1431, made for the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova, Florence. By 1885, George B. Upton, Jr. (b. 1829 - d. 1904), Boston [see note 1]. 1923, sold by Charles Jones, Boston, to the MFA for $25. (Accession Date: June 7, 1923)
NOTES:
[1] Lent to the MFA in his name from May 29, 1885 until November 2, 1922 (MFA Loan 954, no. 1).
NOTES:
[1] Lent to the MFA in his name from May 29, 1885 until November 2, 1922 (MFA Loan 954, no. 1).
about 1525–30
about 1510
first half of 17th century
about 1600
dated 1542
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about 1525
about 1525–45
early 16th century