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DEACESSIONED April 25, 2013
Soup plate
Chinese Export
about 1785-1800
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Diameter: 9 3/4 in.
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1088
DescriptionChinese for export. One of a pair of soup plates. Slightly concave rim with band of gold leaves on blue, gold lattice, starred & dotted wavy blue & inside scalloped lines of gold with gold & blue sprigs. Inner band of blue with joined leaves & edges of gold. Ellipse of starred blue with gold lines & blue dots encloses monogram TVP.
Inscriptionswith the initials "JVP"
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, Deaccession Date: April 24, 2013)