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DEACESSIONED April 25, 2013
Platter
Chinese Export
about 1790-1800
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Length x width: 34.3 x 40 cm (13 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.891
DescriptionChinese for export. Elliptical, nearly flat rim with mulberry & gold design on edge & sprigs of flowers, grooved above deep depression with heavy yellow crackled glaze, mulberry scallops & flowers.
Northeast Auctions description:
Reseved in the center with purple roses and floral sprays on a yello "tessellated" ground, the rim with sprigs surrounded by a flowerhead and cross rim edge.
Northeast Auctions description:
Reseved in the center with purple roses and floral sprays on a yello "tessellated" ground, the rim with sprigs surrounded by a flowerhead and cross rim edge.
InscriptionsPaper label: "Sarah Poter Conover, Inc. / 7-2486"
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, Deaccession Date: April 24, 2013)