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Vase

Possibly by: Samson Manufactury (French (Paris))
Imitation of: Pieter Adriaensz Kocks, Proprietor, Greek A factory (active 1701–1703)
Probably French
19th century
Object Place: Europe, Delft, The Netherlands

Medium/Technique Tin-glazed earthenware, colored enamel
Dimensions Height x diameter: 29.8 × 16.8 cm (11 3/4 × 6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson
Accession Number62.200
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

DescriptionCylindrical vase with flaring lip. White glaze with blue. Blue bands around lip and base. White flowers and figure of a lamb in white on speckled blue ground in Chinese manner. Small chips on base. Glaze much cracked; larger crack on rim.
Marks Monogram on bottom: APK conjoined in red, a mark used by Pieter Adriaensz Kocks at the Greek A factory in Delft, but probably a spurious mark from the 19th century.
ProvenancePrinces of Liechtenstein collection, Vienna. December 3, 1960, sold by Blumka Gallery to R. Thornton Wilson (b. 1886 - d. 1977), New York; 1962, gift of R. Thornton Wilson to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 14, 1962)