Drug pot (one of a pair), ca. 1530, Italian, Castelli, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Overall (confirmed): 9 11/16 × 6 3/4 × 10 1/8 in. (24.6 × 17.1 × 25.7 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, Yellow scales cover the spouts of these pots, culminating in dragons’ heads at the openings; these vessels would have been used to store herbal syrups. The intersection of spout and body is marked by a painted flower, with male and female portraits appearing on either side
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Drug pot, pair, ca, 1530, Italian, Castelli, Maiolica, tin-glazed earthenware, Overall, confirmed, 9 11/16, 6 3/4, 10 1/8, 24.6, 17.1, 25.7 cm, Ceramics-Pottery, Yellow scales, cover, spouts, pots, culminating, dragons, heads, openings, vessels, store herbal, syrups, intersection, spout, body, marked, painted flower, male, female portraits, appearing, side
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