Pharmacy Jar, 16th century, Made in Valencia, Spanish, Earthenware, tin-glaze (lusterware), Overall: 12 5/8 x 6 5/16 in. (32 x 16.1 cm), Ceramics, The albarello, a vessel introduced to Spain from the Near East through the spice trade, was rapidly adopted by Valencian potters and produced in great numbers. Although the profiles of the fifteenth-century examples vary, they are all typically cylindrical, slightly concave in the center, with a sloped shoulder, a collar with a narrow-lipped mouth, and a similarly sloped bottom leading to a beveled edge base
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Pharmacy Jar, 16th century, Valencia, Spanish, Earthenware, tin-glaze, lusterware, Overall, 12 5/8 x 6 5/16, 32 16.1 cm, Ceramics, albarello, vessel introduced, Spain, East, spice trade, rapidly adopted, Valencian potters, produced, great numbers, profiles, fifteenth-century examples, vary, typically cylindrical, slightly concave, center, sloped shoulder, collar, narrow-lipped mouth, similarly sloped, bottom, leading, beveled edge, base
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