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DEACESSIONED April 25, 2013

Dish

Chinese Export
Object Place: East Asia, China for export

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions 13.65 x 16.51 cm (5 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.892
CollectionsEurope, Asia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionChinese for export. Elliptical, nearly flat rim, depressed center. Band of pale orange with designs in gold on rim, blue dots grouped & joined by gilt lines below rim, sepia landscape medallion in center. Compare .890 and .893
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)