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Based on: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
After: Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian (Florentine), 1727–1785, active in London)
Chinese Export
around 1785
Object Place: East Asia, China for export

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain
Credit Line The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.781
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Asia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionCircular, rim with acanthus ornament & wide band of geometric piercing. Garlands & crest with circular medallion of putti in center. Set with 51.780 (1711-3.41). (surface somewhat worn).
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)