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Group shot: 51.786-7
Covered urn
Group shot: 51.786-7

Covered urn

about 1775-1785
Object PlaceChina for export
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding.
DimensionsHeight x width: 17 x 9 1/2 in. (43.2 x 24.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession number51.786a-b
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ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
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)