Dragon-Spouted Pharmacy Jug
Artistworkshop of
Orazio Pompei
(Italian, c. 1516 - 1590/96)
Dateca. 1540-55 (?)
CultureItalian; Castelli d'Abruzzo
MediumMaiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
ClassificationCeramics
ProvenanceEmile Gavet, Paris (cat. #464, pl. LII ter.), approximately 1870s-1880s; sold to Mr. and Mrs. William K. and Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, Gothic Room, Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1889-1982; transfered to Mrs. Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont in divorce; purchased by John Ringling, 1928; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN7165
On View
On viewLocation
Dimensions10 5/8 x 9 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (27 x 23.5 x 18.7 cm)- Museum of Art, Gallery 05
