ID: 700002247 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002247	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Drug Jar for Persian Philonium (drug jar; Unknown Italian (Italian Artist); about 1520 - 1540; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.DE.105)

Note: According to its painted label, this tall, narrow drug jar held "Persian philonium," named after the first-century B.C. physician Philon of Tarsus. To relieve pain, induce sleep, prevent miscarriages, and reduce the pain of hemorrhoids and of heavy menstruation, pharmacists offered this drug, made from such ingredients as opium, saffron, white pepper, pearls, and amber.

Titles:

Drug Jar for Persian Philonium (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drug jar [300265260] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, apothecary containers)

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1520 - 1540

Creator Display:

Unknown Italian (Italian Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Italian (Italian cultural designation) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500125250]

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: 84.DE.105

Other: Creation: Faenza [7004995] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tin-glazed earthenware

	earthenware [300140803]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, ceramic ware (visual works), pottery (visual works))

	tin glaze [300233436]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by location or context>, glaze (coating by location), ceramic glaze, <ceramic glaze by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 36.99 x Diam. [lip]: 12.54 x W [max]: 16.51cm (H: 14 9/16 x Diam. [lip]: 4 15/16 x W [max]: 6 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	drugs [300379869]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>) (AAT)

	Persian philonium [300379870]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, drugs) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: "FILONIJ P[ER]SICHI" painted on the banderole label.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Drug Jar for Persian Philonium	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP,JPGM]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)