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"Kraak" bottle
Dutch (Delft)
about 1660-80
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Overall height: 27.8 cm (10 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 Number2012.573
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionBottle with bulbous, gadrooned body, tapered neck. Decorated in the Kraak style, with alternating panels of pomegranate, flowers, and leaves separated by narrow bands with motifs recalling Taoist symbols.
Marks
Unmarked
InscriptionsTwo paper labels:
"Collection Gunter Grethe / 0252"
"Collection G. Ephis"
"Collection Gunter Grethe / 0252"
"Collection G. Ephis"
ProvenanceGünter Grethe, Hamburg; sold from the Günther Grethe collection to Aronson Antiquairs (dealer), Amsterdam; 2004, sold by Aronson to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).