Description each modelled seated on its haunches, with turned head and mouth agape, with incised body, the mane, eyebrows, tail and claws highlighted with white slip glaze decoration, with presentation case, restorations and repair, the taller 19,7cm high (2)
Condition Report The smaller 16,7cm high, 17,6cm long, 10cm wide approximately The taller 15cm long, approximately 9,5cm wide ? The taller - the female numbered 194 to the belly in black paint The teeth to the right side of the jaw are lacking in an area measuring 1cm long and one tooth to the left lacking in an area measuring 0,2cm long There is a deep incision to the top of the back and a hairline crack, which runs off it down through the mane to the chest between the front legs and to the left front leg where the dog has been restored with evidence of restoration and overpainting Both feet appear to have had restoration work in areas measuring 2,5cm and 4,5cm long There are chips to the white highlights to the back of the feet, the one to the left back measuring 0,4 by 0,3cm and the right back measuring 0,5 by 0,1cm ? The smaller - the male Both eyebrows have been restored and show traces of glue One upper tooth is lacking Wear to the underside of the paws ? The presentation case is sunbleached, the closing strips are frayed right through, the front left corner of the cover and there are areas of wear and fish moth damage to the interior.
Provenance Purchased from Charlotte Horstmann&Gerald Godfrey Ltd, Ocean Terminal and Harbour City, Kowloon, 10 April 1984.