Albarello, Bol Armenic
Albarello, Bol Armenic
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- Description
- This blue monochrome albarello is decorated with a vine and flora motif. Bands of cross-hatching are above and below the collars, and an scroll is inscribed with gothic script that reads BOL ARMNIC” The jar would have contained Armenian bole. Bole, or bolus (Latin for ball) were balls of clay with medicine mixed in that were either taken internally or applied externally to injured areas. Armenian bole would contain clay from Armenia that contained aluminum silicate and red iron.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar
- albarello
- Date made
- 1500 - 1599
- attributed to
- Italy: Emilia-Romagna, Faenza
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.5 cm x 12.3 cm; 7 9/32 in x 4 27/32 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0511
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05723
- collector/donor number
- SAP 435
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0511
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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