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五 54. Pair of iron-red seated open-mouthed hounds with pronounced spines, ribs and upright curled tails, with white glaze
十 on the inside of the legs, paws and chests, turquoise-enamelled tied collars, tassels and bells heightened in gilt and black
四 enamel eyes.
25.8cm high
彩 Qianlong, 1736-1795.
繪
立 • Formerly in a European private collection.
犬 • A similar pair is illustrated by David S. Howard in The Choice of the Private Trader, The Private Market in Chinese
一 Export Porcelain illustrated from the Hodroff Collection, 1994, no. 329, p. 273; another pair is illustrated in colour by
對 Eleanor Gordon in Collecting Chinese Export Porcelain, pl. XIV; a further matched pair with slightly different colour
tassels on the collars is illustrated by Michael Cohen and William Motley in Mandarin and Menagerie, Chinese and
清 Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Volume I, The James E. Sowell Collection, no. 11.2, p. 162.
乾 • It is unusual to find an exact pair.
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