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[Antonio García Jiménez]

In this painting by Konrad Witz we see a luxurious container very similar to those on the Rosettes page and in the pharmaceutical section. The painting is contemporary with the VM and represents King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, who gives him the aromatic resins so appreciated from her country.

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Similar containers are those of this painting by the master Theodoric of Bohemia that represents the delivery of precious gifts from the Three Wise Men to Jesus: gold, incense and myrrh

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There seems to be no doubt that the containers that we see in the VM, both on the Rosettes page and in the pharmaceutical section, are intended to store the aromatic and medicinal resins of the plants.