Flower Vase

between 1690 and 1700

Adriaen Kocx, Artist De Grieksche A Factory, Artist

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Dutch Golden Age, Level 3, South Wing

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This finely painted flower vase, produced in one of the great centers of Dutch pottery, imitates the style of imported Chinese porcelain of the time. It is attributed to Adriaen Kocx, head of the De Grieksche A (The Greek A) Factory, founded in 1658 by Kocx’s relative Wouter van Eenhoorn, which became one of the most successful and influential of the early Delft potteries. The vase’s painted birds and chrysanthemums, as well as its blue-and-white color scheme, imitate imported Chinese porcelain; its winged dragon-fish handles are Dutch conceptions of makaras, sea creatures with their origins in Hindu mythology found in various artistic traditions across Asia.

Title Flower Vase

Artwork Date between 1690 and 1700

Makers Adriaen Kocx (Artist) Dutch, active 1686 - 1701 De Grieksche A Factory (Artist) Dutch, 1657 - 1818

Medium Tin-glazed earthenware with enamel decoration

Dimensions Overall: 11 × 12 × 3 1/2 inches (27.9 × 30.5 × 8.9 cm)

Classification Ceramics

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Museum Purchase, Jerry Earles Flower Fund, Katherine Tuck Fund, and Women's Committee

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2004.41

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(Aronson & Aronson, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

2004-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Darr, Alan. P. and Brian Gallagher. "Recent acquisitions (2000-2006) of European sculpture and decorative arts at The Detroit Institute of Arts." The Burlington Magazine 149, no. 1251 (June 2007): p. 450, pl. IV (ill.).

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attributed to De Grieksche A Factory; possibly Adriaen Kocx, Flower Vase, between 1690 and 1700, tin-glazed earthenware with enamel decoration. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Jerry Earles Flower Fund, Katherine Tuck Fund, and Women's Committee, 2004.41.