Two Meissen porcelain models of pug dogs - image-1
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Lot 1378 Dα

Two Meissen porcelain models of pug dogs

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 4.032 € (incl. premium)
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Two Meissen porcelain models of pug dogs

Finely painted figures of pugs at play. Unmarked. Both tails restored, a chip to one of the tongues. H 5.2 cm.
Around 1734, model by Johann Joachim Kaendler.

Provenance

South German private collection.

Literature

Cf. Dumortier/Habets (eds.), The T&T Collection. Porcelain Pugs. A Passion, Brussels 2019, no. 3, the same group of dogs on a doghouse. The model with the doghouse in Pietsch, Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler 1706 - 1775, Leipzig 2002, p. 24, entry from May 1734, p. 175 r - 176 r: "7. On top of this doghouse there are 2 pug dogs biting each other (...)".