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DEACESSIONED April 25, 2013
Soup plate
Chinese Export
about 1790
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Diameter: 9 5/8 in.
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1070
DescriptionChinese for export. Slanting rim and rather deep depression.
Northeast Auctions description:
Painted and gilt in black, white and sepia enamels and gold on two sides with the armorials, and on two sides and the interior with blue and gold aster sprays, within spearheaded-edged trellis diaper borders in underglaze-blue.
Northeast Auctions description:
Painted and gilt in black, white and sepia enamels and gold on two sides with the armorials, and on two sides and the interior with blue and gold aster sprays, within spearheaded-edged trellis diaper borders in underglaze-blue.
InscriptionsWith the arms of Newman
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)