""Albarello"" with a Shepherdess Lifting Her Skirt

ca. 1500-1520 (Renaissance) 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm) Citation Source image

An "albarello" is a cylindrical maiolica jar that was originally used to hold medicines and dry drugs by an apothecary or pharmacist. The design originated in Iran or Syria and was introduced in Europe by North African craftsmen working in Spain. This example belongs to a larg...

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Sir Edgar and Lady Speyer, London; Walters Art Museum, 1961, by purchase.
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