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Platter
Chinese export
about 1770-1785
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
Length x width: 32.4 x 40.6 cm (12 3/4 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.955
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionChinese for export, French market. Octagonal serving dish,with coat of arms of Gassot du Deffens en Berri. Set with 51.947-974.
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)