AN EXPORT FIGURE OF A SEATED PUG DOG

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AN EXPORT FIGURE OF A SEATED PUG DOG
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Modelled looking sharply to the left with bushy tail and slightly open mouth revealing two small sharp teeth, wearing a large gilt bell suspended from its collar, its naturalistic fur markings painted en grisaille, some restoration
7in. (18cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a similar dog from the Mottahedeh Collection, cf. D. Howard and J. Ayers, op.cit., no.623, pp. 76 and 77, where the authors suggest this model is based on a Meissen original by Kaendler. Cf. also the pair of dogs, but painted in brown, from the Hodroff Collection, illustrated by D. Howard, op.cit., no.331, pp. 274 and 275

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