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Plate
Dutch (Delft)
about 1650-1670
Object Place: Europe, Delft, The Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze blue decoration
Dimensions
Other (Overall): 45.4cm (17 7/8in.)
Credit Line
The John Pickering Lyman Collection—Gift of Miss Theodora Lyman
Accession Number19.1257
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionCream clay, tin glaze, figural decoration in underglaze blue. Inscribed - "tgesigt". [Sght]. A winged putto holds a looking-glass for a woman seated before it holding a comb, with a man looking over her shoulder. Edges nicked.
InscriptionsInscribed - tgesigt. [Sght, one of the senses]
ProvenanceBy 1915, Theodora Lyman, Boston; 1919, gift of Miss Theodora Lyman to the MFA.