modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775) as a dog seated on its haunches, enamelled with black face and tail tip, finely detailed brown coat and a gilt detailed puce collar, the flowered cushion with gilt corner tassels, trace of blue crossed swords mark to underside, 11.5cm high

Pug dogs of this type, sometimes found as opposing pairs, were modelled in a number of sizes and on slightly differing cushions. See a similar model sold in these rooms 20 November 2019, lot 281; also see Ulrich Pietsch, 'Die figürliche Meißner Porzellanplastik von Gottlieb Kirchner und Johann Joachim Kaendler: Bestandskatalog der Porzellansammlung Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden', Munich, 2006, p.197, nos.307-308