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Albarello

Object Details

Description
This albarello has a flared foot and is painted with decorative blue, yellow, and green flowers, and leaves and vines. In the center of the jar is a portrait of the Madonna holding the infant Jesus. Mary wears a gold dress with blue mantle and a gold crown on her head. In her left hand Mary holds two cords attached to two squares. Just below Mary are the heads of three females engulfed in the flames of hell. George Urdang attributes this jar to 18th–century Castelli.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
date made
18th century
Credit Line
Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Physical Description
ceramic (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 23 cm x 13 cm; 9 1/16 in x 5 1/8 in
overall: 9 in x 5 in; 22.86 cm x 12.7 cm
Object Name
jar
jar, albarello
Ceramic jar with Mary and Christ child
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