Vintage Mottahedeh Hand-painted Porcelain Dog After 18th Century Chinese Export 1940s toys I believe with the conflicting

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

From what I've learned these are fairly rare

This little creation just makes me smile every time I look at it

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

Using a thick brush

Vintage Mottahedeh Hand-painted Porcelain Dog After 18th Century Chinese Export 1940s toys I believe with the conflictingNot 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