A MONTELUPO TWO-HANDLED OVIFORM WET-DRUG JAR and a cover, with dolphin handles, painted in blue, yellow, ochre, brown and green with the emblem of the Franciscan Order, crossed arms before a cross on a shield, within a tied garland of fruit on a ground of scrolling blue foliage (repair and crack to neck, slight chip to handles, chips to rim of cover), mid 16th century

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A MONTELUPO TWO-HANDLED OVIFORM WET-DRUG JAR and a cover, with dolphin handles, painted in blue, yellow, ochre, brown and green with the emblem of the Franciscan Order, crossed arms before a cross on a shield, within a tied garland of fruit on a ground of scrolling blue foliage (repair and crack to neck, slight chip to handles, chips to rim of cover), mid 16th century
45cm. high overall (2)

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Cf. Bernard Rackham, op. cit., no. 941

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