{"id":2872,"date":"2023-06-30T10:10:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T09:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/?page_id=2872"},"modified":"2023-07-19T10:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T09:41:06","slug":"cryptic-vessel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/illuminating-objects-home\/cryptic-vessel\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cryptic Vessel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-54\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"54\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Display of the object\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Probably Marche or possibly Tuscany, Pharmacy or storage jar, 1530\u201350, tin-glazed earthenware. The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) Photo \u00a9 The Courtauld.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This storage jar was produced in the 16<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> century and possibly used to preserve medicinal or culinary ingredients. Among the extensive collection of pharmacy jars held by the Courtauld Gallery, this one is unique<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Intriguing and mysterious. I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ts cryptic, fragmented inscription on the front provides limited clues about what the jar could be used for. The<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">reverse which normally wouldn\u2019t be seen, was heavily decorated with fantastical and unsettling <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">grotesques<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Through research as a part of the Illuminating Objects Internship Programme, MSc Science Communication student Mikayla Hu investigated the mysteries retained by this vessel from a perspective combining medicine and art.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-53\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"53\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Bibliography\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-52\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"52\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Acknowledgement\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Probably Marche or possibly Tuscany, Pharmacy or storage jar, 1530\u201350, tin-glazed earthenware. The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) Photo \u00a9 The Courtauld. This storage jar was produced in the 16th century and possibly used to preserve medicinal or culinary ingredients. 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