A Dutch Delft blue and white apothecary jar
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A Dutch Delft blue and white apothecary jar

18TH CENTURY

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A Dutch Delft blue and white apothecary jar
18TH CENTURY
With the peacock motif inscribed E THERIAC AND (Theriac, rumoured to be created out of 64 ingredients by Emperor Nero's physician Andromachus, was said to be all healing, e.g. an antidote against snakebites), chipped and wear
20 cm. high
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Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

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