Live Auction 221019th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art & Ceramics
Christie’s roundel
Lot 106

A MATCHED PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOLOGNESE HOUNDS

ONE LATE 18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK FOR MEISSEN; THE OTHER LIKELY 19TH CENTURY; AFTER THE MODELS BY J.J. KÄNDLER

Closed20 October 2009

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A MATCHED PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOLOGNESE HOUNDS
ONE LATE 18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK FOR MEISSEN; THE OTHER LIKELY 19TH CENTURY; AFTER THE MODELS BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Each comparison model with alert eyes and long haired coats, one with tan markings, the other with grey, each seated on a tasseled pillow, the rectangular base molded with Vitruvian scrolls, raised on four toupie feet
13 3/8 in. (33.9 cm.) high, the slightly taller (2)

Specialist note

Kändler first modeled the Bolognese dog in 1769. Bred for centuries in Bologna, they were favored as lapdogs in 18th century Germany along with the ubiquitous pug or Mops. Cf. Christie's, New York, 16 April 2002, lot 79 for a pair circa 1770 formerly in the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Saemy Rosenberg.