Stoneware drug jars

Made:
1700-1900

Two drug jars, stoneware, Indian, 1700 to 1900

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651017
Materials:
stoneware, trin glazed
Measurements:
height 340 mm
base: diameter 98 mm
shoulders: diameter 200 mm
rim: diameter 130 mm
type:
drug jars

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