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DEACESSIONED April 25, 2013
Plate with "Nativity"
Copied after: Jan Luyken (Dutch, 1649–1712)
Chinese Export
about 1740
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain, black enamel
Dimensions
Other (Overall): 27.9 cm (11 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.905
DescriptionPlate with incre de chine scene after an engraving by Jan Luyken of The Nativity. Mate to 51.904 (906.41). Border with entwined strapwork and foliage. Mate to 51.904.
InscriptionsThe crest may belong to an English merchant banking family by the name of Martin.
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)