Pharmacy jar with lid
| Accession Nr.: | 4414.a-b |
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| Materials: | majolica |
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| Techniques: | polychrome painting |
| Dimensions: |
height: 23,8 cm
opening diameter: 9,5 cm
base diameter: 8,6 cm
height: 4 cm
diameter: 10,5 cm
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The cylindrical bowl, swelling at the top and bottom, stands on a short splayed base and has a splayed upper rim. The cover is rimmed and hemispherical the ball finial is a replacement. The base, the upper rim and the upper border are decorated with yellow and orange stripes the surface itself is painted with tropheas. On one side is a naked female figure with flowing hair holding a gown and standing on a dolphin. This probably represents Fortuna marina. The picture is set in a medallion. Painted in black, brown, blue, green, yellow and white on an ivory background. The lower swelling part of the bowl shows an inscription in a rectangular field, painted in blue: DIARODO. ABSI. Dated 1580 an a scroll on the cover of piece.
The counterpiece (Inv.Nr. 4415.) shows the inscription V. DA OCHI.
Literature
- Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 282. (Lovay Zsuzsanna)
- Brestyánszky Ilona: Italienische Majolikakunst. Italienische Majolika in ungarischen Sammlungen. Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 1967. - Nr. XIII.
- Nékám Lajosné: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum XVI-XVIII. századi olasz majolika patikaedényei. Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei, 2. (1955). 1955. - 122-139.
