Two blue and white pharmacy jars, possibly Antwerp, 18th C.

拍品描述

H 20,5 - 13,5 cm (the tallest and the smallest pharmacy jar) 'S. Halij Habbat' refers to 'Syrupus Haly Abbatis' or 'The Syrup of Haly Abbas'. It concerns a historical medicine named after the famous Persian physician Ali ibn al-Abbas al-Majusi. ( link)

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