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Soup bowl

Chinese export
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 Number51.1246
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionChinese for export. Portuguese market. Araujo de Acebedo service (set with 51.1231-1259). Soup dish, one of a pair with 51.1245.
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)