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Covered two-handled bowl
Chinese export
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1314a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionChinese for export. Almost straight sides curved to slightly splayed baseband. Double flat twined handles at each side, triangular applied design at body. Domed cover with gilt fruit finial. Decorated in orange & gold with insects, birds, fruit & flowers. Set with 51.1314-1330
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)