Bidspirit auction | Chinese Export White Hound Figure

Chinese Export White Hound Figure - A Chinese export porcelain figurine of a white dog, Jiaqing ca. 1800. Modeled seated wearing a bell on his collar and eyes picked out in black. With a custom wooden base. Illustrated: Howard & Ayers, ”China for the West, ” Vol. II, pg. 600, no. 624. Howard, ”Choice of the Private Trader, ” pg. 278, no. 337. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, ”Important Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection, ” 30 January 1985, Lot 346; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Height: 5 in x width: 3 1/2 in x depth: 1 3/4 in. Condition: There are fleabite to small-sized chips along the undersides of the paws, base, and tail. Along the base of the tail, there are a few minute firing flaws. There is unevenness to the glaze along the base of the tail. There are a few linear firing flaws, particularly along the underside of the front right leg and along the underside of the base, between the two back legs. There is an area along the back left leg that fluoresces under UV light; it is near a small chip. There is crazing to the glaze. Light wear to the wooden stand, including a few light scratches.