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Pair of double gourd-shaped bottles
Possibly made by: Het Jonge Moriaenshooft (The Young Moor's Head) factory (Dutch (Delft), active 1690–1715)
Mark of: Rochus Jacobsz. Hoppesteyn (Dutch, active 1686–1692)
Mark of: Rochus Jacobsz. Hoppesteyn (Dutch, active 1686–1692)
Dutch (Delft)
about 1686-92
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Overall height: 48 cm (18 7/8 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 Number2012.575.1-2
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionPair of large double gourd-shaped bottles with flared necks. Decorated with four reserves below and three above containing rocks, flowers, and insects in the manner of Wanli porcelain. Reserves separated by vertical bands.
Marks
Conjoined RH (for Rochus Jacobsz Hoppesteyn) on underside of the base.
InscriptionsTwo labels on the underside of each:
"Aronson Antiquairs / Amsterdam"
"Collection G. Ephis"
"Aronson Antiquairs / Amsterdam"
"Collection G. Ephis"
Provenance2000, sold by Aronson Antiquairs (dealer), Amsterdam, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).