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Decoration designed by: Jan Luyken (Dutch, 1649–1712)
Chinese for export
about 1750

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain, ink-colored enamel, gilding
Credit Line The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.903a
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Asia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionMatching saucer (51.903b). Chinese for export. Of fine porcelain. Curving sides, small baseband & slightly flaring rim. Small scroll & dot borders in gold & black. Resurrection scene in grisaille with gold on sides of cup & in saucer. See 907.41.
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)