Vintage Mottahedeh Hand-painted Porcelain Dog After 18th Century Chinese Export handblown glass bowl though some glue too I

though some glue too I think

While the naturally dyed color has certainly faded over time

The wood is a beautiful warm brown and all the better for the scrapes and scratches--but no splits--all over

Nice and fat and heavy

Vintage Mottahedeh Hand-painted Porcelain Dog After 18th Century Chinese Export handblown glass bowl though some glue too INot 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