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"Kraak" plate
Dutch (Delft)
late 17th century
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Diam. 39 cm (15 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The 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 Number2012.569
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionUnderglaze blue decoration, the central octagonal reserve with a cricket on a rock below flowering peonies. Deep border has eight large panels alternating with eight smaller panels. Four contain peach/sunflowers and four contain auspicious Daoist symbols. In the style of Wanli porcelain.
Marks
"CK" in underglaze blue on underside
InscriptionsFour labels on underside:
"M. Bascourt" [with price overstruck]
"M. Bascourt / Antiquair Expert"
"Veiling Mevr. Vincent Claes / Antwerpen / 1985"
"Collection G. Ephis"
"M. Bascourt" [with price overstruck]
"M. Bascourt / Antiquair Expert"
"Veiling Mevr. Vincent Claes / Antwerpen / 1985"
"Collection G. Ephis"
ProvenanceJune 12-13, 1985, Vincent Claes sale, Charles Van Herck en Zoon, Antwerp. 2001, sold by Michel Bascourt (dealer), Antwerp, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).