a pair of venice maiolica polychrome dated two-handled drug jars

CIRCA 1570

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a pair of venice maiolica polychrome dated two-handled drug jars
Circa 1570
(idria) The large globular pale blue ground body decorated with coiled green foliage, orange yellow fruit and green bunches of grapes, all outlined in blue with wide ear handles, one painted with an ostrich above the caption inscribed in Gothic aqua di Farfara and indistinctly dated, the other inscribed in gothic aqua di piantagine and 1570 or 1579 (one handle repaired)
37cm. high (2)

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Aqua di farfara for aromatic water of coltsfoot
Aqua di piantagine for aromatic water of plantain

This class of globular vases may be linked to Domenigo da Venezia. Imitations of this class appear in Sicily and Calabria at a somewhat later date

cf. R. Drey, apothecary jars, p. 63, ill. 24A

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