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Punch bowl
Chinese Export
about 1795
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.770
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionChinese for Export, for the English or American market. Sides curve to cylindrical foot. Elaborate blue & gold border with flecks of red. On front in gray a warship flying red-striped flag. On back American eagle with scroll against field of gold stars in fan design with red white and blue border.
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)