Lot 234
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A MATCHED PAIR OF 'EGG AND SPINACH' GLAZED BISCUIT MYTHICAL BEASTS
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A MATCHED PAIR OF 'EGG AND SPINACH' GLAZED BISCUIT MYTHICAL BEASTS

KANGXI (1662-1722)

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A MATCHED PAIR OF 'EGG AND SPINACH' GLAZED BISCUIT MYTHICAL BEASTS
KANGXI (1662-1722)
Each crouching on waisted rectangular plinths looking sharply to the left and right, their bodies moulded with deep folds and their mouths open to reveal teeth and tongue, the beasts under splashed yellow, green, pale sepia and clear glazes, and the plinths, tails and horns under a deeper sepia glaze
3½ in. (9 cm.) wide (2)
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Lot Essay

Compare the related beasts under similar glazes, but without plinths, which are in the Rijksmuseum, illustrated by C.J.A. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1997, no. 217, pp. 192-3, where they are described as pug dogs made to look fierce to ward off demons.

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