Purrquoise Cotton Bandana hares and much more

and much more

about 490 BCEClose to the Painter of the Dancing Satyrs (Etruscan

Furlotti fundamentally changes the way we will study the history of Renaissance collecting

coauthor of The Adventures of Gillion de Trazegnies (Getty Publications

James Spencer

Purrquoise Cotton Bandana hares and much moreThe sculpture reproduction of a cat, fondly known as Purrquoise, that inspired this cotton bandana is made of Chinese porcelain. Glazed in a luminous turquoise, a hole on the lower part of the spine suggests that the cat originally served as an incense burner. Created for export to Europe, the cat was adorned in mid eighteenth century France with eyes in enameled glass and mounted on a gilt bronze stool with a richly ornamented cushion. These