Plate (pannekoeck)
Pieter Adriaensz Kocks, Proprietor, Greek A factory
(active 1701–1703)
about 1700-1720
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware, colored enamels.
DimensionsHeight: 22 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 number2012.611
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
The act of copying someone else is a nod of appreciation. Here, Dutch ceramicist Pieter Kocks, who worked in Delft, imitates both Japanese and Chinese porcelain. These imported wares began to arrive in large quantities in the Netherlands in the first half of the 17th century. This plate combines Japanese colors (blue, gold, red, and white) with Chinese imagery of an elongated female figure and a jumping boy. We don’t know whether Kocks ever met a person of Asian descent, but it is clear that here he was simply copying—almost exactly—the figures on authentic Asian porcelain.
InscriptionsPaper label: "Collection G. Ephis / DELFT 047"Provenance1994, sold by J. M. Béalu et fils (dealer), Paris, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).
Adriaen Kocks, Dutch, Proprietor, The Greek A Factory
about 1690-1705