Painted in blue with a drug label for S.DE.LUPOLIR [?] above a lion mask in yellow, against a ground of scrolling foliage
9³⁄₈ in. (23.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For a very similar jar, see Giovanni Ciarrocchi (ed.), Vasi da Farmacia, in maiolica dal XVI al XIX secolo, Chiesa di San Rocco, Fermo, July – September 2003 Exhibition Catalogue, 2003, p. 44, tav. 19, where it is attributed to Rome, influenced by Montelupo.