Drug Jar

Item

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

Spatial Coverage

European

Date

ca. 1662 - 1722

Creator

Publisher

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Rights

Creative Commons CC-BY-NC