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Mug
Chinese Export
about 1735-1740
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 Number51.833
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionCylindrical mug, slight modeling near base. Grooved scroll handle. Border of gold flowers around rim; arms of Harries in elaborate red and gray scroll cartouche: three annulets or on field of ermine & azure, bands fessways; crest: a hawk attacking a pheasant.
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)