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Rosewater dish
Dutch (Delft)
about 1660-80
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Diam. 48.1 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 Number2012.577
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionRound dish with raised center to receive a ewer (missing). Broad border decorated in Ming Transitional style in blue and white with figures in garden landscape vignettes with bamboo, banana leaves, and a portion of a structure at right edge.
Marks
Unmarked
InscriptionsTwo labels on underside:
"Dr. Gunter Grethe Collection/Aronson Antiquairs of Amsterdam"
"Collection G. Ephis"
"Dr. Gunter Grethe Collection/Aronson Antiquairs of Amsterdam"
"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).