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Large Plate with arms of Adriaan Valckenier
Chinese Export
Qianlong period
about 1750
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamels and gilding
Dimensions
Height: 5.1 cm (2 in.); diameter: 38.1 cm (15 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.827
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionChinese for export to Dutch market. Gold flowers and small scalloped border on rim. In elaborate red gold and blue acanthus mantling in center, arms and crest. Label inscribed "made to the order of Sir J. Byland, British minister to Java, Dutch East Indies" on matching dish, 51.828.
InscriptionsArms of Adriaan Valckenier, Amsterdam
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)