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Pair of hexagonal bottles
Marked by: Pieter Adriaensz Kocks, Proprietor, Greek A factory (active 1701–1703)
Dutch (Delft)
about 1700-1725
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm (9 7/16 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 Number2012.614.1-2
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionPair of hexagonal long-neck bottles with overglaze cobalt blue, iron red, and gold decoration featuring birds perched on rocks and Chinese motifs in the style of Japanese Imari porcelain. Both marked "208 [conjoined] PAK" in overglaze iron-red.
Marks
"208 [conjoined] PAK" in overglaze iron-red (on both)
InscriptionsTwo paper labels on both:
"Aronson Antiquairs / Amsterdam"
"Collection G. Ephis"
"Aronson Antiquairs / Amsterdam"
"Collection G. Ephis"
Provenance1980, private collection [see note]. 2000, 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.