Oval vase with cover
about 1660-1680
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware, with secondary lead, or "kwart" glaze
DimensionsOverall height: 22.1 cm (8 11/16 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 number2012.580a-b
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceDr. Frederik Hendrik Fentener van Vlissingen (b. 1882- d. 1962), Utrecht. 2008, sold by Aronson Antiquairs (dealers), Amsterdam, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).
about 1760–75
about 1475-1500
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.