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One of a pair of plates (pannekoek)
Dutch (Delft)
about 1700-1715
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 17.5 cm (6 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 Number2012.610.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionPlate decorated in petit-feu colors: blue, green, red, and yellow in the style of 'famille verte' Kangxi porcelain depicting a garden scene with a tall woman holding large flowering branch, standing inside a fanced enclosure within a rustic landscape with flying birds and insects and a dancing child. At the left is a table with a floral arrangement.
Marks
Unmarked
InscriptionsThree labels on one:
"Stodel Collection / DA 101"
"SS 6612"
"Collection G. Ephis / DEL 292"
The other plate has two labels: "Stodel Collection / DA 101"
"Collection G. Ephis / DEL 293"
"Stodel Collection / DA 101"
"SS 6612"
"Collection G. Ephis / DEL 292"
The other plate has two labels: "Stodel Collection / DA 101"
"Collection G. Ephis / DEL 293"
Provenance1993, 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).