EDO PERIOD (1600-1868), LATE 17TH CENTURY

Details

A PAIR OF JAPANESE EXPORT ARITA PORCELAIN MODELS OF PUPPIES
EDO PERIOD (1600-1868), LATE 17TH CENTURY
Modeled in mirror image, each decorated in black, turquoise, and red enamels, with tied red ribbons around their necks and curling tails
9 1/2 in. (24.2 cm.) long

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 October 1987, lot 81.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Models of puppies were popular amongst Westerners and made in large numbers for the export trade. A similar pair dated circa 1670-80 is in the collection at Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, and are listed in a 1688 inventory. See N. Hiroko, The Burghley Porcelains: An Exhibition from the Burghley House Collection and based on the 1688 Inventory and 1690 Devonshire Schedule, Stamford, 1986, pp. 226-7, no. 92. Another example of a single model is in the collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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