Figure of a Cat
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Hard-paste porcelain
DATES
ca. 1800
DIMENSIONS
4 x 5 1/4 x 3 in. (10.2 x 13.3 x 7.6 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Crossed swords in underglaze blue below tail.
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
81.53.6
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Dr. Grace McLean Abbate
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Figure of a cat, hard-paste porcelain; seated on all fours with head turned to the left; which has a white body painted with gray spots and black
Condition: Fair, left foreleg broken and repaired.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, founded 1710). Figure of a Cat, ca. 1800. Hard-paste porcelain, 4 x 5 1/4 x 3 in. (10.2 x 13.3 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Dr. Grace McLean Abbate, 81.53.6. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 81.53.6_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 81.53.6_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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