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Covered Urn
Chinese export to the British market
about 1780
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1095a-b
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionChinese for export. One of a pair of covered two-handled cups (with 51.1094a-b). Almost straight sides curving to high domed & molded foot. Reeded strap handles, twined; applied flowers on body (gold wearing off). Band of small scrolls around foot, rim & edge of low domed cover; pebbled bud finial with green leaves. Medallion with Gordon coat of arms on front & back.
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)