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DEACESSIONED April 25, 2013
Mug
Chinese Export
about 1785-1805
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: H. 3 7/8" D.m. 2 15/16"
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.831
DescriptionOne of a pair of mugs (see 51.832). Chinese for export. Cylindrical with twined scrolled double handles. Band of gilt-enclosed green dots at base and below border band of gold lines on pink. Three wavy lines of mulberry dots. Sprays and sprigs of flowers in mulberry and gold.
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, Deaccession Date: April 24, 2013)