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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 Number51.1159
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionChinese for export. Band of starred blue edged with double lines of gold. Inner band of gold circles with blue dots & sprigs. Blue & gold ellipse in center has script monogram IA in red & gold. Slightly curved rim.
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)