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Plate
Safavid period
second quarter of the 17th century
Medium/Technique
Fritware with blue decoration under transparent glaze
Dimensions
Diam 46.5 cm (18 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The G. Ephis Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Tamara Petrosian Davis Sculpture Fund, John Lowell Gardner Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, H. E. Bolles Fund, and funds by exchange from the Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection-Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2012.571
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsCeramics
DescriptionDish in style of Kraak ware (Chinese export porcelain) with fantastical landscape in center
Marks
Pseudo-Chinese mark within a square seal in underglaze blue on underside.
Provenance2000, sold by Christian Béalu (dealer), Paris, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).