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Saucer
Chinese export
about 1740
Medium/Technique
Porcelain
Dimensions
4.28 cm (1 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.902b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionMatching cup (51.902a). Chinese for export. Of fine porcelain; curved sides and small baseband. Small scroll & dot borders in gold & black. Crucifixion in grisaille with gold on cup (dice players on back) and in saucer. (saucer chipped). See also 846 & 904-5.41.
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)