Apothecary Jar
date: label: date made
content: 13th century
notes: label: Description
content: "13th century Rhages (Persia) albarello; on cobalt blue ground a pattern of red multifoils or four lozenges in white with leak gold, and in between, a very fine scrollwork in white. The conical lower part of the body is decorated with cylindrical arches. The unglazed interior is turquoise green. (Described in Catalog of the Baschstitz Gallery islamic Collection, 1930)" [from accession file]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Bristol-Myers Company, through Lee H. Bristol, Jr., Director, Public Relations; Accession 217935 (1958)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07048
label: accession number
content: 217935
label: catalog number
content: M-07048
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar, apothecary
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/8 in x 4 in; 16.1925 cm x 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 4 in; 16.51 cm x 10.16 cm