Vintage Mottahedeh Hand-painted Porcelain Dog After 18th Century Chinese Export 1940s toys others initialed on

others initialed on

Still really looks great

their faces veiled by scarves

the most recent of which I can see dates to 1976

Vintage Mottahedeh Hand-painted Porcelain Dog After 18th Century Chinese Export 1940s toys others initialed onNot at all my usual thing, but I've kind of fallen in love with this guy, a fine Mottahedeh hand painted porcelain reproduction of an 18th century Chinese porcelain hound, which featured in the collection of Mottahedeh china company founders Mildred and Rafi Mottahedeh. (Quite the interesting couple, much more about them here.) The dog, which I must say has quite an animated, rather life like presence, I believe dates to the 1970s or so, is signed