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Copied after: Jan Luyken (Dutch, 1649–1712)
Chinese export
about 1750-1770
Object Place: East Asia, China for export

Medium/Technique Porcelain, ink-colored enamel, gilding
Dimensions Height x diameter: 6.5 × 13.8 cm (2 9/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.901
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionChinese for export. Sides curved to cylindrical baseband. Small scroll & dot border in gold & black inside. Crucifixion scene in ink-colored enamel (grisaille) with gold on sides. (chip on rim). Set with 51.900-907.
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)