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Soup plate

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

Medium/Technique Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions Diameter and length: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1071
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionChinese for export. Slanting rim and rather deep depression. Arms of Newman in center of well.
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)