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Tea bowl and saucer

Unknown Chinese, mid-late 18th century
In the manner of: Robert Hancock (English, 1731–1817)
Chinese export
1765–80
Object Place: East Asia, China for export

Medium/Technique Porcelain, transfer-printed with overglaze enamels
Dimensions Height x diameter: 3.8 x 11.6 cm (1 1/2 x 4 9/16 in.)
Credit Line The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.853a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Asia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionHandleless cup and saucer, with decoration after the transfer-printed "Tea Party" by Robert Hancock, as found on contemporaneous Worcester porcelain.
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)