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Flagon
Dutch (Delft)
about 1660-80
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware, pewter
Dimensions
Overall height: 34 cm (13 3/8 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 Number2012.581
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionBulbous jug with eight-lobed body, flaring neck, C-shaped loop handle, and minimal spout. The body and neck decorated in underglaze blue with dense lotus flowers and foliage, birds, and dragonflies. Mounted with later pewter hinged lid with ball finial.
Marks
Pewter cover marked by Eraes van Meerbeeck, Brussels, ca. 1690
Flagon unmarked
Flagon unmarked
InscriptionsTwo paper labels on underside:
"Dr. Gunter Grethe Collection/Aronson Antiquairs of Amsterdam"
""G [superscript C] G collection Gunter Grethe / 0113"
"Dr. Gunter Grethe Collection/Aronson Antiquairs of Amsterdam"
""G [superscript C] G collection Gunter Grethe / 0113"
ProvenanceGünter Grethe, Hamburg; sold from the Günther Grethe collection to Aronson Antiquairs (dealers), 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).