Details
A CHINESE PORCELAIN RECUMBENT SPOTTED PUG
QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD
His head turned to one side with wide-eyed, panting expression and his long bushy tail curled round his haunches, face in sepia wash with pink tongue, black and grisaille eyes and darker brown markings, his white-enamelled body and floppy ears molded with fur details and scattered with brown patches, his paws touched with gray (very slight wear)--6½in. (16.5cm.) long
QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD
His head turned to one side with wide-eyed, panting expression and his long bushy tail curled round his haunches, face in sepia wash with pink tongue, black and grisaille eyes and darker brown markings, his white-enamelled body and floppy ears molded with fur details and scattered with brown patches, his paws touched with gray (very slight wear)--6½in. (16.5cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's London, November 6, 1973, lot 198
Jacob Stodel Antiques, London
Collection of Fernando Soares, Brazil
Sotheby's New York, January 27, 1988, lot 378
Jacob Stodel Antiques, London
Collection of Fernando Soares, Brazil
Sotheby's New York, January 27, 1988, lot 378
Literature
See J.R. Teixeira Leite, As Companhias das Indias e a Porcelana Chinesa se Encomenda, p. 93, plate no. 41