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Punch Bowl

Based on: James Seymour (English, 1702–1752)
Derived from: Thomas Burford (English, about 1710–about 1779)
Chinese Export
about 1755-1785
Object Place: East Asia, China for export

Medium/Technique Hard-paste orcelain, enamel decoration, gilding
Dimensions Overall: 17.1 x 38.7 cm (6 3/4 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.772
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Asia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionSides curved to vertical baseband with gold ornament. Hunting scenes after J. Symour in color enamels on sides of bowl; panels outlined in etched gold have birds on red twigs and red landscape between hunt scenes. Flowers (?) in center. Broken, mended, cracked.
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)