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DEACESSIONED April 25, 2013

Square Bowl

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

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions 8 7/8 x 10 in.
Credit Line The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1057
CollectionsEurope, Asia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionSalad bowl with notched corners. Arms of Newman.
InscriptionsWith the arms of Newman.
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, Deaccession Date: April 24, 2013)