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Plate
Chinese for export
about 1790
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, overglaze enamels, gilding
Dimensions
Diameter and length: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1064
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionChinese for export. One of two pierced plates (see 51.1065). Geometric piercing between Nankeen borders on rim, coat of arms of Newman in center.
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)