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Covered cup
Chinese export
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
Overall: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1075a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionChinese for export. [One of] Five covered cups. Bulbous sides, small base-band; reeded twisted strap double handles, leaves at body, decorated in blue & gold. Nankeen borders with gilding. Coat-of-arms of Newman: sable three mullets arg quarterly 1 & 3 with crowned portcullis or in center. Crest a martlet rising. Set with 51.1057-77.
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)