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A LARGE PAIR OF GRISAILLE PUG DOGS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The seated pugs with with alert black eyes, cropped ears and pink
tongues
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high (2)
$15,000-25,000
PROVENANCE:
With Jorge Welsh Works of Art, London and Lisbon.

LITERATURE:
William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection,
Madrid, 2014, p. 194.

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.

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A EUROPEAN SUBJECT COFFEE POT AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1775
Modeled in the Meissen taste with wishbone handle and rocaille-
molded spout, fnely enameled with a view of a large manor
surrounded by a moat
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high (2)
$1,000-1,500

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10 THE TIBOR COLLECTION