Spanish school of the late nineteenth-early twentieth century. "Sleeping dog". Painted terracotta sculpture. Without signature. Presents firing cracks, flaws in the paint and chipping. Measurements: 15 x 45 x 30 cm . Sculpture of round bulk made in patinated terracotta in which the figure of a dog lying on itself is represented. The body and the face are worked taking care of the right anatomy giving an idea of classic proportion, according to a realistic vision of the animal itself.

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