£1,875
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 578
Auction: 6 November 2019 at 12:00 GMT
清 外銷瓷塑犬(一對)
each porcelain spaniel modelled seated with their tails curled around a hind leg and slightly open mouth, each wearing a collar with a gilt bell pendant, their fur naturalistically painted in brown
Provenance: From the collection of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer, KBE (1864– 1929); thence by direct family descent and most recently on loan to Kellie Castle
Note: a closely comparable pair of spaniel pups with the same size and painted in iron-red was in the Peggy and David Rockefeller collection, sold at Christie's New York on 9th May 2018, lot 153