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DEACESSIONED April 25, 2013

Saucer

Chinese Export
Object Place: East Asia, China for export

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain
Credit Line The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.826
CollectionsEurope, Asia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionChinese for export. Grisaille landscape with two nude figures in red. Fine porcelain. Rim of 849 chipped.
ProvenanceHelena Woolworth McCann (b. 1878 - d. 1938), Syosset, NY; by descent to her children, Constance (Mrs. Joseph V.) McMullan, Helena (Mrs. Winston F. C.) Guest, and Frasier McCann; 1941, lent to the MFA by the children of Mrs. McCann, through the Winfield Foundation, New York; 1951, gift of the Winfield Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 10, 1951, Deaccession Date: April 24, 2013)