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DEACESSIONED April 25, 2013
Platter with Drip Plate
Chinese Export
about 1785-1800
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Length: 43.8 cm (17 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1129a-b
DescriptionChinese for Export. Elliptical, fluted & scalloped rim grooved at deep center to hold plate with 3 rows of holes inside band of ornament & center hole flanked by gold medallions.
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)