Pharmacy jar (albarello)

probably ca. 1542

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 544

Sporting a laurel wreath and classical drapery, the female figure portrayed on this jar amid scrolling foliage is more detailed than the profile head on the example exhibited nearby, suggesting that this one may not have been part of the very large and more sketchily executed order for pharmaceutical containers placed with Masséot Abaquesne in 1545.

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Provenance

Title: Pharmacy jar (albarello)
Maker: Workshop of Masséot Abaquesne (French, active 1538–57)
Date: probably ca. 1542
Culture: French, Rouen
Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions: Height: 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1800
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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