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Pharmacy Jar (Albarello)
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About this work
Storage jars that lined the shelves of Renaissance pharmacies often held medicinal herbs, spices, and ointments. Their shape made them easy to grasp while the flared lip allowed apothecaries to seal off the contents with parchment or cloth secured by a string. This particular storage jar depicts a child riding a wild boar.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePharmacy Jar (Albarello), c. 1510. Italy, Siena. Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); overall: 22.6 cm (8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Twentieth Century Club, 1965.553
