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Hercules and Omphale

(St. James, London, working around 1747–1760)
about 1752
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniquePorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 22.9 × 18 × 15 cm (9 × 7 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineJessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession number1988.784
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Inscriptionsunmarked
ProvenanceJune 21, 1955, Sotheby's London, lot 132; Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)

NOTES:
[1] See letters from S. J. Katz reporting its acquisition to Kathryn Buhler (3 July and 9 October 1955). From June 25, 1973, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.
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