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Cream jug with cover

Copied after: Jan Luyken (Dutch, 1649–1712)
Chinese for export
about 1750
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 Number51.900a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Asia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionChinese for export. Pyriform with small baseband, scroll handle, tiny triangular spout. Border of gold & black around rim & edge of domed cover with bud finial. Scene of Crucifixion in black with nails, spears dice & some hats in gold. Black grasses on cover. Set with 51.901-7. H. covered 51/2"
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)