The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 14, 2025
Storage Jar (Vaso a Palla)
c. 1560–80
Location: 118 Italian Renaissance
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In contrast to a pharmacy jar, this Vaso a Palla (globular or round-shaped jar), likely served a more domestic function and may have held oil or preserved fruits and nuts.Description
During the Italian Renaissance of the 1400s and 1500s, nobles and merchants eager to express their wealth and sophistication ordered ceramics for dining, display, and storage. Known as maiolica, because it resembled the brightly colored ceramics from the Mediterranean island of Majorca, these ceramic vessels were covered with a tin glaze that provided an opaque white surface on which colorful decoration could be painted.- until 1939Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. [1889-1957], Cleveland, OH
- Milliken, William. "The Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection Gift of Leonard C Hanna." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 26, no. 6 (June 1939): 84-115. Mentioned: p. 97 www.jstor.org
- No existing exhibition history
- {{cite web|title=Storage Jar (Vaso a Palla)|url=false|author=Domenego da Venezia|year=c. 1560–80|access-date=14 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1939.178