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Covered Hot Dish
Chinese export
about 1780-1800
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Porcelain
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1111a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionChinese for export.One of a pair of elliptical covered hot dishes with nearly straight sides, shallow top dish. Flowers on sides, pattern in center. Small spouts at ends. Domed cover with metal bail handle on top. Pair with 51.1110a-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)