"Apothecary Jar Called Albarello - Venice, Italy - XVIIth Century"
Apothecary Jar Called AlbarelloVenice, Italy, 17th century
Earthenware
Height: 13 cm Diameter: 9 cm
Marks on the base
(accidents and restoration)
Italian majolica with a slightly hemmed neck and curved body decorated in polychrome with flowers on a blue background and an oval medallion with a radiating yellow rim depicting Saint Benedict. The abbot wears a white collar, black cape, beard and halo. He holds a crozier in his right hand and, in the other, the book he wrote: the Rule of Saint Benedict.
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