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ID: 700002277
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002277
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Pilgrim Flask (vessel (container); Medici Porcelain Factory (Italian, 1575 - early 17th century...; 1580s; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 86.DE.630)
Titles:
Pilgrim Flask (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Pilgrim Flask with Blue Decoration (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
vessel (container) [300193015] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>)
pilgrim flasks [300198563]
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers), bottles, <bottles by form>)
flasks (bottles) [300045671]
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers), bottles, <bottles by form>)

Classifications:
decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: 1580s

Creator Display:
Medici Porcelain Factory (Italian, 1575 - early 17th century) (Italian Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
Medici Porcelain Manufactory (Italian porcelain factory, active ca. 1575-1587) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500055295]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 86.DE.630
Other: Creation: Firenze [7003163] Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue decoration
soft paste porcelain (material) [300010665]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, <ceramic and ceramic by product>, ceramic (material), porcelain (material))
underglazing [300048642]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, pottery techniques, pottery decorating techniques, pottery glazing (process or technique))

Dimensions: Object: H: 26.4 x Diam. [lip]: 4.8 x W [max]: 18.7 cm (10 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Cultures:
Italian (preferred)

General Subject:
utilitarian objects (preferred)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Marked on the underside with the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore accompanied by "F". A mark resembling "3" scratched under the glaze and painted with blue glaze; on the rim, three hatch marks inscribed before the glaze firing.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Pilgrim Flask........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Pilgrim Flask with Blue Decoration........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [VP,JPGM]
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