Höfische Begleiter : Möpse und andere Hunde in Porzellan und Fayence : eine süddeutsche Privatsammlung = Courtly companions : pugs and other dogs in porcelain and faience : a private collection from southern Germany /

"The first pugs were court dogs in the Chinese empire and arrived in Europe as diplomatic gifts in the sixteenth century. Two hundred years later they found their way onto the laps of noblewomen and, with this, into the portraits of contemporary rulers. Small and forever panting, the pug could...

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