Glazed brown earthenware strorage jar with black foliate decoration

Glazed brown earthenware strorage jar with black foliate

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Glazed brown earthenware strorage jar with black foliate
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Glazed brown earthenware strorage jar with black foliate decoration, lid wrapped in canvas and paper covered with some Islamic(?) script, containing unidentified materia medica, from Middle East(?), or Far East(?), 1801-1920

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Category:
Medical Ceramic-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A659362
Materials:
earthenware (glazed), wrapper, canvas and wrapper, paper
Measurements:
height 213 mm
rim: diameter 106 mm
max. (approx.): diameter 142 mm
base: diameter 82 mm
type:
storage jars