8th Nov, 2024 10:00
Asian Art
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A fine pair of Chinese export famille rose hounds
Qianlong (1736-1795), c.1760, each figure seated on its haunches, its head held high, decorated in iron-red with a collar in green, with 'Santos London, 3661' labels,
17 and 17.5cm high (2)
For a similar item, see Victoria and Albert Museum, Museum Number FE.11A-1978.
Provenance: From the personal collection of Alberto Santos.
Alberto has been a prominent dealer in Chinese porcelain for over forty-five years, with a particular interest in export wares from the 16th to the 19th centuries. His wealth of knowledge has led to him collaborating with an international team in compiling the definitive work on Chinese porcelain ordered by the Portuguese market, of which four of five volumes have already been published.
Literature:
- 'Chinese Export Porcelain, A Loan Exhibition from New Jersey Collections at the Newark Museum', p.44, fig.196/200;
- 'China Trade Porcelain', by J G Phillips, pl.73;
- 'Collecting Chinese Export Porcelain', by E Gordon, pl.XIV;
- 'A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong', by D S Howard, 1997 London, p.137, cat. 175, for a pair of similar hounds, but of larger size;
- 'The Choice of the Private Trader', by D S Howard, Minneapolis 1994, p.273;
- 'Oriental Lowestoft', by J A Lloyd Hyde, pl.XII, fig.29;
- 'Chinese Porcelain', by A du Boulay, Hong Kong, 1963, p.74, cat. 102, for a single dog;
- 'Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics', by A du Boulay, p.295, for a similar pair;
- 'Qing Porcelain: Famille Verte, Famille Rose', by M Beurdeley and G Raindre, London, 1987, p.84, cat. 119, of a single hound on a base decorated in translucent enamels;
- 'A Connoisseur’s Guide to Chinese Ceramics', by C and M Beurdeley, London, 1984, p.257, cat. 139, for a large pair of hounds;
- 'Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes (Chinese trade Porcelain)', by M Beurdeley, 1962, Fribourg reprint of 1969, p.151, for a pair of the same size, but decorated in iron red, c.1770, p.176, cat. 103 for a spaniel, and cat. 104 for a hound on a base decorated in translucent enamels;
- 'Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum', Amsterdam, by CJA Jörg, London, 1997, p.198, cat. 223, for a late pair of hounds;
- 'Collection de M Fauchier-Magan', sale catalogue, Paris, 1928, cat. 11/12, for two hounds on a base decorated in turquoise;
- 'Oriental Lowestoft (Chinese Export Porcelain)', by H W Gordon and E Gordon, 1963, p.21 and p.28, for a similar single dog;
- 'Chinese Export Porcelain, Chine de Commande', by D F Lunsingh Scheurleer, cat. 332, for a single figure;
- 'Chinese Export Porcelain from the Museum of Anastácio Gonçalves, Lisbon', by MAP de Matos, Lisbon, 1996, p.262, cat. 155, for a white-glazed dog, 17cm high, and p. 263, cat. 156, for two iron-red decorated dogs, 18cm high;
'The Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm', 1972 Malmö, p.129, for three pairs of hounds, about 17cm tall, decorated in iron-red; - 'Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen', by J Ayers, London, 2016, vol.1, p.320 for an iron-red pair of hounds, 25cm high, dated 1740/70.
清乾隆 外销粉彩猎犬摆件 一对
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Items of from the personal collection of renowned dealer Alberto Santos - all fit for the Royal collection – are included in our 8 November Asian art auction. Alberto has been dealing in Chinese porcelain since 1979 and – while his stock covers the full range of Chinese porcelain of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties – he has a particular fondness for export wares from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
£5,000 - £8,000
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Condition Report
One restored to both ears, the other with signs of repair/over paint to tail.
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Auction: Asian Art, 8th Nov, 2024
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