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Ladle
Chinese export
18th century
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding; fruitwood.
Dimensions
Length: 6 × 7.6 × 35.6 cm (2 3/8 × 3 × 14 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.819
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionPorcelain bowl has straight sides curving to flat bottom, impressed flutings and scrolls: cylindrical socket for turned wooden handle. Line of gold between red on rim and socket, flowers in naturalistic colors outside, single rose inside.
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)