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Cup and saucer
Derived from: Antonio Tempesta (Italian, 1555–1630)
Chinese Export
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 Number51.816a-b
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionOne of a pair of cups and saucers (see 51.815a-b). Chinese for export. Cup: straight sides curving to baseband, scroll handle. Simple saucer, decoration inside. Rims chipped. Boar hunt decoration derived from a 1608 etching by Antonio Tempesta. Pair with 51.815a-b
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)