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Monumental drug jar with St. Catherine

Virgiliotto Calamellic.1550

Gardiner Museum

Gardiner Museum
Toronto, Canada

The companion Faenza pharmacy jar and domed cover with vase finial painted with St. Catherine of Alexandria standing between two soldiers seated beneath a tent reserved on a quartieri ground. It is painted with panels of scrolling foliage and dolphins. The contents are named in Gothic script on a ribboned scroll in blue. The covers are reserved with two classical busts.

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  • Title: Monumental drug jar with St. Catherine
  • Creator: Virgiliotto Calamelli
  • Date Created: c.1550
  • Physical Dimensions: Overall (G83.1.354a-b): 62.3 x 37.2 cm (24 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.)
  • Medium: Maiolica, tin glaze, lead glaze, and thrown.
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