Live Auction 1555European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries Part I
A MEISSEN GROUP OF PUG AND PUP
Lot 125

A MEISSEN GROUP OF PUG AND PUP

CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK BELOW TAIL AT BACK OF BASE

Closed30 September 2014

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A MEISSEN GROUP OF PUG AND PUP
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK BELOW TAIL AT BACK OF BASE
Naturalistically modelled by J.J.Kändler, the pug bitch modelled seated on her haunches with her front left paw raised and pup below, their coats enriched in shades of grey and brown
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high

Specialist note

For this model see Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, Munich, 1966, pp. 195 & 269, no. 1094. For a pair of ormolu-mounted models of pugs see anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 14 December 2000, lot 75.