Apothecary jar (orciuolo), probably 1431, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), H. 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, perhaps workshop of Giunta di Tugio (Italian (Florence), active ca. 1430–1466), It is likely that this large and impressive apothecary jar, decorated with a crane against a ground of oak leaf foliage, belonged to the pharmacy of the Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Florence's oldest and most distinguished hospital
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Apothecary jar, orciuolo, 1431, Maiolica, tin-glazed earthenware, H, 12 3/8, 31.5 cm, Ceramics-Pottery, perhaps workshop of Giunta di Tugio, Italian, Florence, active ca., 1430–1466, large, impressive apothecary, decorated, crane, ground, oak leaf, foliage, pharmacy, Arcispedale Santa, Maria, Nuova, oldest, distinguished hospital
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