A FAMILLE VERTE MODEL OF A SEATED HOUND

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A FAMILLE VERTE MODEL OF A SEATED HOUND
kangxi
Seated on a rectangular base decorated with a trellis-pattern band reserved with prunus blossoms, the body covered overall in a pale aubergine-brown tone with large dark patches, head turned slightly to the left with aws agape, an iron-red collar around its neck suspending a small bell, tongue and one tooth chipped, rim frits to base
10¼in. (26cm.) high

Provenance

R. Gatty sold Sotheby's London, 9 November, 1954, lot 67
Bought by the present owner, Palais Galliera, Paris, 2 December, 1965, lot 705

Lot Essay

See the very similar hound, formerly in the author's collection, illustrated by M. Beurdeley, op.cit., p.172, cat.104, also illustrated by M. Beurdeley and G. Raindre, op.cit., p.84, no.119; and another, in the Copeland Collection, Peabody Museum of Salem, illustrated by W. R. Sargent, op.cit., pp. 84 and 85, no.33. A very similar hound was sold Sotheby's London, 16 May 1967, lot 127.

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