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Punch bowl
Chinese Export
late 18th century
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain, enamel decoration, gilding
Dimensions
Diam. 20 in.
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.769
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionChinese for export. Curved sides, vertical foot rim. Elaborate bands and garlands in orange and gold inside and outside rim. Simple ornament on base. Sepia medallions of a landscape with boat and men in foreground on front and back; brown and gold floral sprays on sides. Inside: four fan-tailed fish (3 in red and gold, 1 in silver and red) amid green leaves. Cracked.
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)