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Pair of flower vases in the form of obelisks
Marked by: Lambertus van Eenhoorn, proprietor, De Metalen Pot Factory (Dutch, 1651–1721)
Dutch (Delft)
about 1700-1710
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Overall height: 38 cm (14 15/16 in.)
Base: 10 x 6.5 cm (3 15/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Base: 10 x 6.5 cm (3 15/16 x 2 9/16 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 Number2012.594.1a-b - 2a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionTulip vases in two parts. The top portion has eight spouts for cut flowers surrounding a tapered obelisk. The broad base, into which the top fits, has ten spouts for flowers (four facing front and back and two at either end). Open-mouthed animals climb up both sides of the base, which stands on a spreading rectangular foot.
Marks
"2 / 1 / VE / KG / 0" in underglaze blue on both.
InscriptionsTwo labels on each:
"Stodel Amsterdam / DA 89"
"Collection G. Ephis"
"Stodel Amsterdam / DA 89"
"Collection G. Ephis"
Provenance2000, sold by Salomon Stodel Antiquités (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).