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Tureen with lid and stand
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Tureen with lid and stand
Chinese for export
about 1750
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamels and gilding
Dimensions
Overall (tray): 5.5 x 38.5 x 27.5 cm (2 3/16 x 15 3/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.925c
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionOctagonal undertray for tureen (51.925a-b). Arms of the duke of Anhalt.
InscriptionsArms of Leopold II, Duke of Anhalt
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)