Fu Dog – Day 82

This Fu Dog is from about the 1920s, carved in amethyst by an unknown artist is only inches tall/wide/deep.

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Did you know that some stones are harder than others to carve? I think amethyst is much harder than some – makes for a good indestructible guard!