A RARE PAIR OF EXPORT FIGURES OF SEATED PUG DOGS, mock Meissen double cross-swords mark, Qianlong

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A RARE PAIR OF EXPORT FIGURES OF SEATED PUG DOGS, mock Meissen double cross-swords mark, Qianlong
Seated on their haunches with their bushy tails curled around a hind leg and slightly open mouth revealing two small sharp teeth, each wearing a collar with a pendent gilt bell, their fur naturalistically painted in rouge-de-fer, their bellies reserved in white (enamels slightly rubbed, minute chips, some restoration)
18cm. high (2)

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For a similar pair of dogs from the Hodroff Collection, illustrated by D. Howard,op.cit., no.331, pp. 274 and 275. cf. also a dog, but painted en grisaille, from the Mottahedeh Collection, D. Howard and J. Ayers, op.cit., no. 623, pp. 76 and 77, where the authors suggest this model is based on a Meissen original by Kaendler.

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