PORCELAIN CAT STATUTE WITH BLACK GLaze, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18th CENTURY Depicted recumbent, head turned forward, glass eyes, resting on a Louis XVI style chased and gilded bronze base; restorations. H.12 cm (4 ¾ in.) L.: 14,3 cm (5 ½ in.) Provenance : Former Georges Geffroy collection (1905-1971). Bibliography: P. Arizzoli-Clémentel, Georges Geoffroy 1905-1971 Une légende du grand décor français, Gourcuff Gradenigo, Paris, 2016, p. 195. A. Ostier, Plaisir de France, No. 394, November 1971, p. 43. Vanity Fair, Intérieurs, December 2017/January 2018, p. 152 and 157. A gilt-bronze mounted and black glazed porcelain figure of a cat, China, Qing dynasty, 18th century, the mounts Louis XVI style