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Tea caddy and cover
Chinese Export
around 1750-1770
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain, ink-colored enamel decoration
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.800a-b
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionChinese for export. Fluted curved body tapering to splayed foot around which is applied free-standing scroll work. Decorated in black with gilding around neck, flowers, garlands, birds, etc., on front & back crowned woman with scepter and bird seated on clouds
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)