Oak-leaf jars; a fifteenth century Italian ware showing Moresco influence . ld decoc-tions and infusions; the mortar, with its projecting ribs, is of thekind whereof many examples still remain. It will be noted thatthe albarelli are uncovered ; faience lids appear not to have beenin use, the top being covered with parchment bound with string atthe neck. Albarelli thus covered are found in XVth centuryItalian paintings. There is one in the Annunciation by Crivelliin the National Gallery (no. 739), another occurs in a panel of thesame subject by Giovanni Santi in the Brera (no. 544). Thatthe art
Oak-leaf jars; a fifteenth century Italian ware showing Moresco influence . ld decoc-tions and infusions; the mortar, with its projecting ribs, is of thekind whereof many examples still remain. It will be noted thatthe albarelli are uncovered ; faience lids appear not to have beenin use, the top being covered with parchment bound with string atthe neck. Albarelli thus covered are found in XVth centuryItalian paintings. There is one in the Annunciation by Crivelliin the National Gallery (no. 739), another occurs in a panel of thesame subject by Giovanni Santi in the Brera (no. 544). Thatthe artist of the miniature omitted this detail may have arisen fromthe small scale of the subjects, otherwise the representation (settingaside its unscientific perspective) is remarkably truthful, admirablyrendering the shape of the vases and the character of their blue-and-white ornamentation. The precise year when the codex wasilluminated is not known, but it may be accepted to belong to thefirst half of the XVth century, the art being either Pisan orFlorentine. 72 Fio. Mezzamaiolica. White body. The ornamentoutlined in black and painted in cobalt and turquoise-blue. (The sameware as the well-known large jars at South Kensington and otherMuseums.) H. 215 mm. M. Raymond Koechlin. APPENDIX. 73
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