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Based on: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
After: Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian (Florentine), 1727–1785, active in London)
After: Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian (Florentine), 1727–1785, active in London)
Chinese Export
about 1785
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.778
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionChinese for Export. Elliptical, scalloped gilded rim with acanthus ornament & band of lattice piercing, a dotted flower in brown, gold, or black at each intersection. Garlands & crest in dish, medallion of putti in center after a 1782 egraving by Bartolozzi of a design by Giovanni Battista Cipriani: plate 219, illustration to 'Ornaments' by Michel Angelo Pergolesi (London: 1777-92). Set with 1711-5.41.
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)