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Covered tureen and tray
Chinese export
about 1790
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, overglaze enamels, gilding
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1062a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionChinese for export. One covered tureen with tray. Doubly curved sides, splayed baseband. Twined handle & foliage on body in blue. Arms of Newman on side partially enclosed by blue band. Domed cover with blue strawberry (?) finial. Elliptical tray with flat rim. More gilding on 1172.
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)