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Figure of a Man playing a Hurdy-Gurdy and a Pilgrim

about 1700-1715
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware
DimensionsHeight: 16 cm (6 5/16 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 number2012.595.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
InscriptionsLabel on figure of pilgrim: "Collection G. Ephis / DEL 096" On hurdy gurdy player: "Collection G. Ephis / DEL 098"
Provenance1980s, sold by Lefebvre et Fils (dealers), Paris, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).
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