Plate
about 1590
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
DimensionsDiameter: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineThe 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 number2012.568
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
InscriptionsTwo labels on underside:
"Vanderven 40" and "Collection G. Ephis"ProvenanceGeorge Duff, Lisbon. 2004, sold by Vanderven & Vanderven (dealer), Hertogenbosh, The Netherlands, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012)
about 1640
about 1700-10
1780–90; central decoration added later
1710–25