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Tureen

Chinese Export
around 1780-1800

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions Legacy dimension: L. m. 5 11/16"
Credit Line The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.785a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Asia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionContracted neck, tapering sides, splayed base with band of gold-out-lined blue triangles and dots, gilded twined handles, foliage on body, at ends. Band of starred blue and scallops with stars and rim. Blue and gold ermine mantling enclosing monogram MGP. Domed cover similarly ornamented, gold and blue knob finial and leaves.
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)