The puppies stand with their heads turned to the left, their bodies sponged in black, iron-red, turquoise and yellow.
They are listed in the 1688 Burghley Inventory: ‘My Lords Dressing Roome…. China over ye Chimney…..2 Doggs.’
Categories: Ceramics | Exhibitions | Kakiemon Porcelain at Burghley | State Rooms | The Great Hall |
A pair of Arita puppies, Japanese, circa 1670/80.
REFERENCE: CER0303
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