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Covered Pitcher
Chinese for export
about 1748
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamels and gilding
Dimensions
12.86 cm (5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1163a-b
DescriptionChinese for export. Globular on baseband, contracting at neck; tiny v-spout, scroll handle. Arms on front, chain at rim. Domed & flanged cover with flowers & chain, gilded pointed knob finial. Set with 1857-1912.41.
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)