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Basket vase
Made at: Plateelbakkerrij Zuid-Holland
Marked by: Adrianus Lansaat (Dutch, active 1898–1907; 1912–1915)
Marked by: Adrianus Lansaat (Dutch, active 1898–1907; 1912–1915)
Dutch (Gouda)
about 1915
Medium/Technique
Glazed buff earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 24.1 x 24.1 cm (9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jacob A. Azar
Accession Number2004.2246
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionA basket-form vase with large, arching handle, decorated with Art Nouveau-inspired floral decoration in gold, magenta, purple, green and blue, and with a photographically transferred portrait based on a 17th-century Dutch souce [Frans Hals, Portrait of Pieter Tjarck, Los Angeles County Museum of Art?] within a shaped reserve on the front.
Marks
Painted in brown enamel on underside of base: factory mark (a small house) with "MADE IN/ HOLLAND". Painter's mark "A. L." painted above.
InscriptionsModel number incised below factory mark, on underside of base: "171/ W."
Provenance1998, Daryle Lambert, Glencoe, IL; 1998, sold by Lambert to Jacob Azar, Charlestown, MA; 2004, gift of Jacob Azar to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2005)