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DEACESSIONED April 25, 2013
Plate
Based on: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
After: Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian (Florentine), 1727–1785, active in London)
After: Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian (Florentine), 1727–1785, active in London)
Chinese Export
around 1785
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.780
DescriptionCircular, rim with acanthus ornament & wide band of geometric piercing. Garlands & crest with circular medallion of putti in center. The central medallion painted in brown with putti among baskets of fruit and flowers, an allegory of Autumn, after an engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1785) after a drawing by Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785), from a series published by Pergolesi in 1782. Set with 57.777-781. Mate to 51.781.
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)