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Figure of a Chinese Boy

about 1750–55
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain
Credit LineJessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession number1988.1061
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
InscriptionsKatz collection label "M-54" obscures fragment of dealer's label of Antique Porcelain Company, New York.
ProvenanceAntique Porcelain Company, New York. By 1958, Sigmund J. Katz (b. 1897 - d. 1958), New Orleans; 1958, by inheritance to Jessie W. (Mrs. Sigmund J.) Katz (b. 1901 - d. 1988), New Orleans [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mrs. Katz to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 30, 1988)

NOTES:
[1] In 1958 Sigmund Katz bequeathed one-half interest in his porcelain collection to the MFA, and one-half life interest to his wife, Jessie Katz.
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