JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY

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AN ARITA MODEL OF A SEATED HOUND
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Seated with its head turned to one side, tail curled over its haunches, modelled with a fixed gaze and expressive facial details, the white body covered with black, iron-red and turquoise spots
9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Freemans Auction, Philadelphia, USA, 20 July 2007, lot 923 (part).

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Lot Essay

A closely related seated hound in the same palette is illustrated in Cabinet Portier 100 Ans 1909-2009, Paris, fig. 577, p. 126. The decorative scheme on the present lot may be compared with the pair of Arita puppies, circa 1670-1680, in the collection of Burghley House, Stamford, listed in the 1688 Burghley House Inventory. A related pair of Arita hounds sold at Sotheby's London, 5 November 2021, lot 15; a pair of Arita puppies of a different model sold at Christie's New York, 22 October 2022, lot 363.

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