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Figure of Leda

About 1759–60
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilded decoration
DimensionsHeight: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Credit LineKiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession number2006.988
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceUntil 1967, S.A.P. Boyle. November 28, 1967, posthumous Boyle sale, Sotheby & Co., London, lot 18, to The Antique Porcelain Company, New York; November 28, 1967, sold by The Antique Porcelain Company to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2008), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
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