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Plate
Chinese export
about 1750-1770
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels
Dimensions
Diameter and length: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.884
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionChinese for export, probably for English market. Scalloped rim with mulberry flowers joined by gilt bamboo shoots, inner border, and in wreathed medallion in center half-length portrait of lady against blue ground. (rim chipped).
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)