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Figure of Leda
German
About 1759–60
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Height: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.988
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionHer head turned towards her raised right hand, while she holds her skirt in her left hand, wearing a striped pink bodice with blue lacing and white frills, her pale-yellow skirt falling in folds and with blue braid at the hem, orange slippers, a rose in her hair which is tied with a black bow at the neck, the flat scroll base edged in gilding.
Marks
Impressed shield mark on upper side of base, three dots in puce, S and I on underside.
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)