A QINGBAI CERAMIC FIGURE OF A DOG, SONG DYNASTY China, 12^th - 13^th century. The dog freely modeled in a reclining pose, the front paws placed one above the other, wearing a ruff around the neck tied at the back in a long lace and with a bell dangling in front. Covered overall in a finely crackled glaze of pale grayish-blue tone, the base left unglazed.

Provenance: Old Austrian private collection. By repute acquired from Galerie Zacke, Vienna, Austria, 1996.
Condition: With old wear and firing flaws, such as short firing cracks and fritting, the snout and lace with a small chip. The left ear and part of the lace with a small old restoration.

Weight: 115.5 g
Dimensions: Length 8 cm

The sugary texture and grayish-blue glaze color are closely associated with wares produced at Jingdezhen in the Southern Song period (1127–1279). This piece possibly derives from the tradition of figural wares such as funerary urns with modeled and applied decoration.

Literature comparison: For a related dog figure, dated to the Song dynasty, see the National Museum of Asian Art at the Smithsonian, accession number S2012.9.3507.

Auction result comparison: Compare another Qingbai figure of a dog at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Chinese Art on 29 May 2019, lot 327, sold for HKD 20,200 (part lot).

宋代青白臥犬擺件
中國，十二至十三世紀。臥犬斜倚，前爪搭在另一隻上面，脖子上系著一條長長的絲巾，前面掛著一個鈴鐺。整體覆蓋在淺灰藍色調的開片釉中，底部露胎。

來源：奧地利私人老收藏，據説約在1996年購於奧地利Zacke藝廊。
品相：有舊時磨損和燒製瑕疵，例如燒裂紋和熔塊，口鼻部和邊沿有小磕損。左耳和部分邊沿有小修復。

重量: 115.5 克
尺寸：長 8 厘米

拍賣結果比較：比較一件青白釉犬，見香港蘇富比Chinese Art 2019年5月29日 lot 327, 售價HKD 20,200 （此號拍品中的其中一件）。