Page 159 - Yamanaka co Auction catalog

253-PAIR OF BRONZE DOGS Fu (Nineteenth century)
Reproductions, in reduced size, of a pair of the Lama
Temple, Peking. They wear large collars with tassels and
bells, and are seated on their haunches, with tails erect.
The male glares, with teeth showing, his left fore paw on
the brocaded ball; the mother's mouth is closed, and a play-
ful cub rising on its hind legs is pawing at her shoulder.
On quadrilateral bases, in the same metal, with conventional
floral scroll relief decoration. Both dogs and pedestals
coated with a light greenish-gray patina, under exposure
to the weather.
Height, 52 inches; depth, 46 inches; width, 28 inches.

AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION,
M~NAGERS.
THOMAS E. KIRBY,
AUCTIONEER.