Vintage Mottahedeh Hand-painted Porcelain Dog After 18th Century Chinese Export 1940s toys Using a thick brush

Using a thick brush

such a tender and universal gesture of connection between mother and child

There is one small hole punched through the white of the eye that would have been used for hanging

I believe with the conflicting meanings of 1 and 4 whistles relating to whether issued as short or long sounds

Vintage Mottahedeh Hand-painted Porcelain Dog After 18th Century Chinese Export 1940s toys Using a thick brushNot 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