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Chinese export
about 1790
Object Place: East Asia, China for export

Medium/Technique Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Credit Line Gift of the estate of Mrs. Isaphene M. Wheelwright
Accession Number08.16
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionDecorated with two bands of blue, with three-pointed ornaments on the inside of the bands and in the center a coat-of-arms of Marsh, probably for John Marsh (1752-1822) of Marton and Langden, Kent. With shield, crown, and horse, and festoons of flowers in red, green, black and gold.
Provenance1908, gift of the estate of Mrs. Isaphene M. Wheelwright through William Lawrence Underwood to the MFA.