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Butter dish with cover
Dutch (Delft)
about 1730
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Height x width: 9 x 12 cm (3 9/16 x 4 3/4 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 Number2012.588a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionOval container with vertical sides, bound with double iron-red bands at top and bottom. Lid is held in place by raised tabs at both ends and its center surmounted by a gilt finial in the form of a seated Foo dog. Top is decorated with a Chinese bronze vase with branches and flowers in iron-red.
Marks
Unmarked
InscriptionsTwo labels on underside:
"Stodel Amsterdam / DA292"
"Collection G. Ephis"
"Stodel Amsterdam / DA292"
"Collection G. Ephis"
Provenance2005, sold by Salomon Stodel (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).