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Teapot stand
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 Number51.1170
DescriptionChinese for export. Hexagonal teapot stand, or pattipan. With nearly straight sides, lobed corners, fluted. Ornament inside is arms of Seymour. Set with 51.1162-1176.
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)