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Rollwagen
Pair of cylindrical vases
Rollwagen
Dutch (Delft)
about 1665-80
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Overall height: 27.5 cm (10 13/16 in.); Diam. 9.4 cm (3 11/16 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 Number2012.578.1-2
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionPair of cylindrical vases (rolwagen) with decoration typical of the Ming Transitional style (1644-1682). Chinese figures on a bluish white ground and landscape vignettes, inlcuding trees and banana leaves in underglaze blue. The flared neck is decorated with stylized lotus petals.
Marks
Unmarked
InscriptionsTwo labels on underside of each:
"Collection G. Ephis / DEL 066" and "Stodel Collection DA7"
"Collection G. Ephis / DEL 067" and "Stodel Collection DA7"
"Collection G. Ephis / DEL 066" and "Stodel Collection DA7"
"Collection G. Ephis / DEL 067" and "Stodel Collection DA7"
ProvenanceBy May 1993, Salomon Stodel, Amsterdam (dealer); May 1994, sold by Stodel to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).