Finely modelled in the full round, forming a true pair, right and left (male and female). The male is depicted with his front paw resting upon a brocaded ball; the female, with a cub clambering at her side. Their faces display smiling animated expressions, and their heads are finely detailed with multi-colored curls.
Height: 14 inches (35.5 cm.)
Condition: some repair as expected to the ears, the ball, some curls and extremities.
Ex: French Private Collection
Two almost identical examples with similar colored curls are in the Gulbenkian Collection, Lisbon and the Lady Lever Art Gallery, England. Smaller versions with the holders are in the historic collection of Augustus the Strong and another is illustrated in La Porcelaine de Chine by Octave du Sartel, 1881.
