Originally published by Matt Liberman in Getty News & Stories

Who is Purrquoise? You may know this 18th-century porcelain cat statuette, added to the Getty collection in 2024, as the fancy French feline with the blue-green shine; the globe-trotting, multilingual bon vivant; or the world-renowned dental model. But for Purrquoise, all that is surface. As you’ll soon learn, there’s so much more to this cat than that.

That’s one of the many reasons Purrquoise agreed to guest on If Objects Could Talk, the Getty original podcast that offers objects in the collection the chance to dig deep and tell their stories in their own words.

As the series begins its second season, we sat down with the podcast guest and ceramic sensation to discuss his episode, LA culture, and the perks and pitfalls of celebrity.

Check out the whole story HERE.

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