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<p>[QUOTE="kardinalisimo, post: 46828, member: 118"]Almost hundred percent of the old chinese art-porcelain, carvings etc featured auspicious animals like foo dogs, bats, dragons, hoho birds, certain kind of fish and birds and more. Even rabbits, insects, deer and other have symbolism in the Chinese culture. Not sure if the hound is one of them. But I may be wrong.</p><p>The depicted scenes were also almost fully based on traditional Chinese patterns related to Buddhism, auspicious animals and flowers, mythological stories, stories and legends from ancient books etc. Also, the Chinese Examination System is heavily featured on the porcelain decoration.</p><p>Of course, there are always exceptions. Also, don't forget that Chinese export porcelain dates back to 16th century. Imperial pieces were also different and unusual sometimes.</p><p>By the way here is an example of 18th century Chinese export hound.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.precioustreasure.co.uk/antiques.php?product=chinese__hound_dog_18th_century#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.precioustreasure.co.uk/antiques.php?product=chinese__hound_dog_18th_century#" rel="nofollow">http://www.precioustreasure.co.uk/antiques.php?product=chinese__hound_dog_18th_century#</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kardinalisimo, post: 46828, member: 118"]Almost hundred percent of the old chinese art-porcelain, carvings etc featured auspicious animals like foo dogs, bats, dragons, hoho birds, certain kind of fish and birds and more. Even rabbits, insects, deer and other have symbolism in the Chinese culture. Not sure if the hound is one of them. But I may be wrong. The depicted scenes were also almost fully based on traditional Chinese patterns related to Buddhism, auspicious animals and flowers, mythological stories, stories and legends from ancient books etc. Also, the Chinese Examination System is heavily featured on the porcelain decoration. Of course, there are always exceptions. Also, don't forget that Chinese export porcelain dates back to 16th century. Imperial pieces were also different and unusual sometimes. By the way here is an example of 18th century Chinese export hound. [URL]http://www.precioustreasure.co.uk/antiques.php?product=chinese__hound_dog_18th_century#[/URL][/QUOTE]
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