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Pair of flower vases
Marked by: Adriaen Kocks, Dutch, Proprietor, The Greek A Factory (active 1686–1701)
Dutch (Delft)
about 1690
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Height x Length: 30 x 28 cm (11 13/16 x 11 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 Number2012.606.1-2
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionPair of five-stemmed tulip vases in the form of fans in monochrome blue-gray (after blue and white Chinese porcelain from the Ming period) with floral decoration and two small birds in a losenge-shaped cartouche, surrounded by foliage and fruit.
Marks
Conjoined "AK" in underglaze blue on both.
InscriptionsPaper label on each:
"Collection G. Ephis / DELFT 040" and
"Collection G. Ephis / DELFT 041"
"Collection G. Ephis / DELFT 040" and
"Collection G. Ephis / DELFT 041"
Provenance1991, sold by Aronson Antiquairs (dealers), Amsterdam to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).