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Tea canister
Marked by: Adriaen Kocks, Dutch, Proprietor, The Greek A Factory (active 1686–1701)
Dutch (Delft)
about 1690
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
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 Number2012.586a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionSquare bottle with neck rising from flat shoulders, with cylindrical lid. Sides decorated with stylized lotus branches and flowers. Ornamental band around the base.
Marks
"3 / conjoined AK /15" in underglaze blue on underside.
InscriptionsLabel: "Collection G. Ephis / DEL 068"
Provenance1987, sold by Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).