Pharmacy jar with portrait of St. Lucy
CultureItalian
OriginPalermo, Sicily, Italy
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Dateca.1620
MediumTin-glazed earthenware
DimensionsOverall: 34 cm (13 3/8 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionA Palermo pharmacy jar with ovoid body tapering to a short foot. It is decorated with an oval panel showing St. Lucy holdng a tray with her eyes removed in martyrdom. She is standing in a landscape, in green, blue, yellow and ochre, within a yellow and ochre frame. The reserve on a dark blue ground painted with martial trophies in grey, yellow and manganese.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.376
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
Italian Earthenware - MaiolicaStatus
On view
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