The pale celadon dog has strong brown markings. He is lying, curled up, his large head facing to his left on his forepaws. He has a bobbly spine and his stylised face has lozenge-shaped eyebrows and pointed eyes. Two small curly horns sprout behind his drooping ears and tufts of hair are engraved either side of his backbone. He is pierced between his paws, perhaps to have been used as a sleeve weight. This was the last piece bought by the Duberlys.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 133

Exhibited:  Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Loan Exhibition, 1969

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from John Sparks, 24 February 1970 (£420); formerly in the collections of P.D. Krolik, sold Sotheby’s, London, 24 February 1970, lot 126, and H.R.N. Norton, sold Sotheby’s, London, 5 November 1963, lot 110

Location: Not on display