Apothecary jar (orciuolo), perhaps workshop of Giunta di Tugio, probably 1431

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Apothecary jar (orciuolo), probably 1431, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), H. 12 3/8 in. ( cm), Ceramics-Pottery, perhaps workshop of Giunta di Tugio (Italian (Florence), active ca. 1430–1466), It is likely that this large and impressive apothecary jar, decorated with a crane against a ground of oak leaf foliage, belonged to the pharmacy of the Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Florence's oldest and most distinguished hospital

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