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Bowl
Chinese export
Qianlong
about 1740-1750
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: D. m. 4 11/16" H. 2 3/8"
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.847
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionDeep bowl with curving sides, almost upright rim, small base-band. Gold border of scrolls and leaves outside, gold medallion front and back enclosing polychrome scene of lady spinning a distaff, two animal's heads at left, man's head behind. Rim chipped.
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)