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DEACESSIONED April 25, 2013
Cup and saucer
Chinese Export
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Diam. of cup: 3 1/4 in.
Diam. of saucer: 5 in.
Diam. of saucer: 5 in.
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.916a-b
DescriptionSlightly curved sides & small base-band. Red lines straight & wavy on edges. In center of saucer & on side of cup: three Chinamen, one with parasol, one leaning on table (?) where-on is flower vase. Flowers at sides, all on green ground.
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, Deaccession Date: April 24, 2013)