Pharmacy jar (albarello) with hanging palmettes

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Pharmacy jar (albarello) with hanging palmettes

Artist Unknown

Datecirca 1450–1500

MediumTin-glazed earthenware painted with cobalt blue

Dimensionsheight and width: 11 1/8 × 5 5/16 in. (28.2 × 13.5 cm)

ClassificationsCeramics

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

Object number2021.21.3

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ProvenanceCreated in Catalonia, probably Barcelona. Purchased by a private collector at a market stall in Paris and used as a lamp, before 2009; [Galerie Alain et Gerard, 5 Rue de Beaune, Paris, 7ème, 2009]; [Pierre-Richard Royer, Paris, 2009]; [Sam Fogg, January 21, 2013, inv. 15994].Published ReferencesLustreware from Spain: A Collection of Hispano-Moresque Ceramics (auction and exhibition catalog) (London: Sam Fogg, Ltd, 2021), cat. no. 11 (illus. color), p. 54-57.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Becoming the NCMA: 10 Decades of Collecting, 1924-2022," June 11-August 21, 2022.

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