Fu Dog – Day 19

This is a Fu Dog male because of the ball underneath his paw; location unknown, artist unknown.

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Did you know that Fu Dogs usually are on a pedestal having some type of design, many times that hint of stylized flowers, like a water lily or lotus? I’m not sure why the pedestal shows up so often, but I do believe the lotus symbols on so many of the pedestal can be traced back to the Fu Dog’s association with India and Buddha.