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Covered tureen and tray
Chinese export
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
Height x width: 27.3 × 27.1 cm (10 3/4 × 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1202a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionChinese for export. Tureen: Bulbous sides, handles as on 2201.41, splayed baseband. Stepped domed cover, mushroom (?) finial (mended with solder) leaves at base. Tray: matches platters. Set with 51.1201-1230.
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)