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Cup and Saucer

Chinese for export
about 1748
Object Place: East Asia, China for export

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamels and gilding
Dimensions 3.97 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1172a-b
CollectionsEurope, Asia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionOne of four cups and saucers (see 51.1171 - 51.1174b).
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)