Images(2)

Basin

1710–25

Object PlaceChina for export

Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain, underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red enamel, gilding

DimensionsOverall: 10.2 x 20.3 x 30.5 cm (4 x 8 x 12 in.)

Credit LineThe Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation

Accession number51.822

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

ProvenanceProbably James Brydges, first duke of Chandos (d. 1744); Helena 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)