Lot 331
331
A RARE ARITA MODEL OF A DOG seated with its head raised and turned slightly to the left in an alert manner, simply decorated in iron-red, green and black enamels with freely shaped patches and a ribbon tied around its neck, the eyes of yellow and black (part of tail and ear replaced, crack to one leg), late 17th century

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A RARE ARITA MODEL OF A DOG seated with its head raised and turned slightly to the left in an alert manner, simply decorated in iron-red, green and black enamels with freely shaped patches and a ribbon tied around its neck, the eyes of yellow and black (part of tail and ear replaced, crack to one leg), late 17th century
25.4cm.high

Lot Essay

A pair of models of dogs, decorated in a similar manner, although in a standing position, are in the collection of Burghley House, Stamford, illustrated in The Burghley Porcelains (Japan Society, New York 1986), No.92

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