A pair of fine Chinese export 'seated hounds' figures, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
清乾隆 粉彩坐犬一對

Comprising two finely and naturalistically-modelled figures of seated dogs, each with head raised and jaws opening to reveal bared teeth, with an alert gaze and curled tails, wearing a green collar suspending a gilt-painted bell, the coat in shades of brown and white, the eyes with further detail in black

(Quantity:2)

Dimensions: 16cm high

Santos, London

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Please note similar pair of figures of larger size sold at Christie's, New York, 19 April 2003, lot 412.

Literature:

J. G. Phillips. Chinese Export Porcelain, A Loan Exhibition from New Jersey Collections at the Newark Museum, p. 44, fig. 196/200;

J. G. Phillips. China Trade Porcelain, plate 73;

E. Gordon. Collecting Chinese Export Porcelain, plate XIV;

D. S. Howard. A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, 1997 London, p. 137, cat. 175;

D. S. Howard. The Choice of the Private Trader, Minneapolis 1994, p. 273;

J. A. Lloyd Hyde. Oriental Lowestoft, by J.A. Lloyd Hyde, plate XII, fig. 29;

A. du Boulay. Chinese Porcelain, Hong Kong 1963, p. 74, cat. 102;

A. du Boulay. Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, p. 295;

M. Beurdeley and G. Raindre. Qing Porcelain: Famille Verte, Famille Rose, Raindre, London 1987, p. 84, cat. 119;

C. and M. Beuderley. A Connoisseur’s Guide to Chinese Ceramics, London 1984, p. 257, cat. 139;

M. Beurdeley. Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes (Chinese trade Porcelain), 1962 Fribourg reprint of 1969, p. 151;

C. J. A .Jörg. Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, London 1997, p. 198, cat. 223;

H. W. Gordon and E. Gordon. Oriental Lowestoft (Chinese Export Porcelain), 1963, p. 21 and p. 28;

D. F. Lunsingh Scheurleer. Chinese Export Porcelain, Chine de Commande, cat. 332;

M. A. P. de Matos.Chinese Export Porcelain from the Museum of Anastácio Gonçalves, Lisbon, Lisbon 1996, p. 262, cat. 155 and p. 263, cat. 156;

J. Ayers. Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, 2016 London, vol. 1, p. 320.

可參閱一對尺寸較大之相類像，於紐約佳士得售出，2003年4月19日，編號412。

出版：

• J. G. Phillips 著，《Chinese Export Porcelain, A Loan Exhibition from New Jersey Collections at the Newark Museum》，頁44，圖版196/200；

• J. G. Phillips 著，《China Trade Porcelain》，圖版73；

• E. Gordon 著，《Collecting Chinese Export Porcelain》，圖版XIV；

• 大衛·霍華德（D. S. Howard）著，《A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong》，倫敦，1997年，頁137，編號175；

• 大衛·霍華德 著，《The Choice of the Private Trader》，明尼阿波利斯，1994年，頁273；

• J. A. Lloyd Hyde 著，《Oriental Lowestoft》，圖版XII，圖19；

• 安東尼·杜·布雷（A. du Boulay）著，《Chinese Porcelain》，香港，1963年，頁74，編號102；

• 安東尼·杜·布雷 著，《Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics》，頁295；

• 伯德萊（M. Beurdeley）及 G. Raindre 著，《Qing Porcelain: Famille Verte, Famille Rose》，倫敦，1987年，頁84，編號119；

• C. and M. Beuderley 著，《A Connoisseur’s Guide to Chinese Ceramics》，倫敦，1984年，頁257，編號139；

• 伯德萊 著，《Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes (Chinese trade Porcelain)》，1962年弗里堡（1969年重印），頁151；

• 謝龍（C. J. A .Jörg）著，《Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam》，倫敦，1997年，頁198，編號223；

• H. W. Gordon 及 E. Gordon 著，《Oriental Lowestoft (Chinese Export Porcelain)》，1963年，頁21及28；

• D. F. Lunsingh Scheurleer 著，《Chinese Export Porcelain, Chine de Commande》，編號332；

• M. A. P. de Matos 著，《Chinese Export Porcelain from the Museum of Anastácio Gonçalves, Lisbon》，里斯本，1996年，頁262，編號155及頁263，編號156；

• 艾爾斯（J. Ayers）著，《Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen》，倫敦，2016年，卷一，頁320。