A PAIR OF CHINESE MODELS OF SEATED HOUNDS

QIANLONG 1736-95

Each dog depicted seated on its haunches with its ears flat against its head and its mouth agape, their large green and lilac eyes thinly outlined, their bodies moulded with their bony ribs showing, each with a turquoise collar suspending a gilt tag around its neck, their brown fur finely textured and with dark green patches, 17.5cm. (2)

Cf. D S Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, p.273, no.329 for a related pair of seated hounds; see also D Howard and J Ayers, China for the West, vol.II, pp.596-7, nos.620 and 621 for further comparable examples.