Lot Essay
Originating in China, the pug became quite fashionable in Europe in the 18th century. Models were made at Meissen in the 1740s and later at the English factories.
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THE TIBOR COLLECTION, PART II
A LARGE PAIR OF SEATED SEPIA PUG DOGS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A LARGE PAIR OF SEATED SEPIA PUG DOGS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
With cropped ears and bushy tail curled around his haunches, with applied gilt decorated bell suspended from an iron-red collar
9 ¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high, each
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
With cropped ears and bushy tail curled around his haunches, with applied gilt decorated bell suspended from an iron-red collar
9 ¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high, each
Provenance
with Jorge Welsh Antiques, Lisbon and London.
Literature
William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection, Madrid, 2014, p.193
Brought to you by
Becky MacGuire