AN EARLY NORTHERN LOWLANDS LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ALBARELLO, probably Rotterdam, painted with a large rectangular cartouche inscribed C.Citri.Cond surmounted by a winged cherub's heart and above a satyr motif (chipped), first quarter of the 17th Century

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AN EARLY NORTHERN LOWLANDS LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ALBARELLO, probably Rotterdam, painted with a large rectangular cartouche inscribed C.Citri.Cond surmounted by a winged cherub's heart and above a satyr motif (chipped), first quarter of the 17th Century
30 cm high

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C.Citri.Cond for sweetmeat made of lemons.

cf.- R. Drey, Apothecary jars, plate 60D for a similar drug pot
- D.A. Wittop Koning, Apothekerspotten uit de Nederlanden p.46-48
- J. Ayers, O.Imprey, J. Mallet, Porcelain for palaces, p.22 for a Japanese porcelain drug jar inspired by this Rotterdam albarello

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