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Parrot on rockwork base

about 1690-1720
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 20 x 12 x 7 cm (7 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 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 number2012.622.2
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
InscriptionsParrot with blue base has paper label: "Collection G. Ephis / DEL 071." Parrot with white floral base has two labels: "104" and "Collection G. Ephis / DEL 070"
Provenance1994, 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)
Group shot: 2012.622.1-2
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Group shot: 2012.583.1a-b - 2a-b
Adriaen Kocks, Dutch, Proprietor, The Greek A Factory
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Group shot: 2012.583.1a-b - 2a-b
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about 1690
Obelisk
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