Pharmacy jar (albarello) with Gothic letter forms

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Pharmacy jar (albarello) with Gothic letter forms

Artist Unknown

Datecirca 1400–1450

MediumTin-glazed earthenware painted with cobalt blue

Dimensionsheight and width: 10 1/16 × 5 1/8 in. (25.6 × 13 cm)

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Charles E. and Pauline Lewis Hayworth Endowed Fund

Object number2021.21.1

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ProvenanceCreated in Valencia, Spain, probably Manises, between 1400 and 1450. Paul Peyta (d. 1934), Biarritz, France, until about 1929; [Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., Inc., New York, by May 1935]; William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), New York, San Francisco, and San Simeon, May 15, 1935 ; [Hearst sale “Art Objects & Furnishings from the William Randolph Hearst Collection,” presented by Saks Fifth Avenue in cooperation with Gimbel Brothers under the direction of Hammer Galleries, New York, January 1941, no. 1242-6, “Pharmacy Pot, XV century”]; [Gimbel Bros., Inc., July 26, 1941]; Mary Duke Biddle Trent, later Semans (1920-2012); Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Foundation; on loan to the Duke University Museum of Art, 1956-2020; [Bonham’s London, Fine European Ceramics including Hispano-Moresque Pottery and Italian Maiolica from the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Foundation, July 22, 2020, lot 5]; [Sam Fogg Ltd., London, inv. 19829].

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