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The cylindrical drug-jar with angled strap handles at the shoulder, painted in blue and manganeseon both sides with the badge of the hospital of Santa Maria della Scala in Siena within a shaped cartouche surrounded by stylized oak leaves
1318 in. (33.3 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A nearly identical example in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Acc. No. 371-1889) is illustrated in R. Drey, Apothecary Jars, London, 1978, p. 33 plate 5B.

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