Drug Jar

Title: Drug Jar
Description: The Dutch East India Company, the largest trading company between Europe and Asia in the late 17th century, ordered the creation of this vessel, which bears the label “Diacarth”, a reference to a type of medicinal paste. The jar was produced at a Chinese kiln in Jingdezhen, the center of ceramic production in southeastern China.; Inscription: DIACARTH
Identifier: 73.38
Coverage: Jingdezhen
Spatial Coverage: European
Date: ca. 1662 - 1722
Medium: blue-and-white (ceramic glaze)
Creator: Unknown
Subject: China trade porcelain; Blue and white ware--China; Ceramics
Publisher: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Rights: Creative Commons CC-BY-NC