A LARGE PAIR OF GRISAILLE PUG DOGS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The seated pugs with with alert black eyes, cropped ears and pink tongues
10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
來源
With Jorge Welsh Works of Art, London and Lisbon.
出版
William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection, Madrid, 2014, p. 194.
拍品專文
The pug breed came from China and was a favourite of Qing Empresses. Interestingly, this Chinese export model is based on Meissen versions of the then-exotic dogs from about 1740.