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617
A PAIR OF EXPORT HOUNDS WITH PUPS

SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

The white hounds are seated, each with a

small, brown biscuit porcelain puppy on its

back

6Ω in. (14 cm.) high (2)

$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE:

Sotheby’s London, 1 November 1988, lot
675.
Sotheby’s London, 8 November 1994, lot
299.
With Cohen & Cohen.
The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas,
Texas.

617 LITERATURE:

618 Michael Cohen and William Motley,
Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese
18 Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, p. 164,
no. 11.4.

清十八世紀下半葉 外銷親子獵犬一對

618
AN EXPORT BISCUIT-GLAZED SEATED
HOUND
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The hound sits on a famille verte base
enameled with prunus and a trellis motif.
10Ω in. (26.5 cm.) high

$20,000-40,000

PROVENANCE:

Christie’s London, 7 April 1997, lot 100.
Formerly in the Robert Lee and Melanie Gill
Collection, New York.
With the Chinese Porcelain Company, New
York.
With Cohen & Cohen, London.
The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas,
Texas.

LITERATURE:

Michael Cohen and William Motley,
Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese
Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, p. 161,
11.1.

清康熙 外銷獵犬