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One of a pair of tea canisters
Marked by: Adriaen Kocks, Dutch, Proprietor, The Greek A Factory (active 1686–1701)
Dutch (Delft)
about 1690
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Overall height: 26.5 cm (10 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 Number2012.583.2a-b
OUT ON LOAN
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionSquare bottle with rounded shoulders, short neck, and covers. Sides decorated with pairs of elongated female figures ("lange lijzen"), two in front of a fence with a broad-leafed tree betweem them, two holding musical instruments flanking a low planter and standing beneath a tree with weeping branches.
Marks
Conjoined "AK" in underglaze blue on one; indistinct mark on the other.
The letter "M" in underglaze blue underneath lid.
The letter "M" in underglaze blue underneath lid.
InscriptionsTwo paper labels:
"Aronson Antiquairs/Amsterdam" and "Collection G. Ephis"
"Aronson Antiquairs/Amsterdam" and "Collection G. Ephis"
Provenance2001, sold by Aronson Antiquairs (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).