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Two-handled drug jar
Italian (Florence)
Renaissance
about 1427–31
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) with zaffera in rilievo decoration
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm (91/4 in.), diameter: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Weight = 2.5 lbs
Weight = 2.5 lbs
Credit Line
The Arthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession Number23.268
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
Painted on each handle of this jar is a crutch, emblem of the Florentine hospital of Santa Maria Nuova, for which the jar was made. (Master Site Plan 2D02, 2003)
DescriptionA two-handled drug jar made for the Florentine hospital of Santa Maria Nuova. Ovoid body with two handles, decorated with manganese and cobalt blue, standing in relief on the surface.
Possibly made in the workshop of Giunta da Tugio or of Maso and Miniato di Domenico, Florence. The emblem of the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova, a green and purple crutch, is painted on the handles.
Possibly made in the workshop of Giunta da Tugio or of Maso and Miniato di Domenico, Florence. The emblem of the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova, a green and purple crutch, is painted on the handles.
ProvenanceAbout 1427/1431, made for the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova, Florence. By 1885, George B. Upton, Jr. (b. 1829 - d. 1904), Boston [see note 1]. 1923, sold by Charles Jones, Boston, to the MFA for $25. (Accession Date: June 7, 1923)
NOTES:
[1] Lent to the MFA in his name from May 29, 1885 until November 2, 1922 (MFA Loan 954, no. 1).
NOTES:
[1] Lent to the MFA in his name from May 29, 1885 until November 2, 1922 (MFA Loan 954, no. 1).