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Tureen
Chinese export
about 1770-1785
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
Height x width: 7 1/2 x 14 in. (19.1 x 35.6 cm)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.948a
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionPart of a set with 51.947-974. Similar to 51.947a-c . Chinese for export, French market. Bears coat of arms of Gassot de Deffens, en Berri.
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)