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DEACESSIONED April 25, 2013
Plate
Chinese Export
around 1790
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 Number51.1054
DescriptionChinese for export. Slightly concave rim. Arms of Hamond.
Northeast Auctions description:
Each painted and gilt with the arms within an entwined gilt floral and garland border, the well surrounded by a trellis diaper border reserved with panels of landscapes and birds, and on the rim with scroll-edged panels depicting landscape and agricultural views.
Northeast Auctions description:
Each painted and gilt with the arms within an entwined gilt floral and garland border, the well surrounded by a trellis diaper border reserved with panels of landscapes and birds, and on the rim with scroll-edged panels depicting landscape and agricultural views.
InscriptionsWith the arms of Admiral Andrew Snape Hamond.
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)