Fu Dog – Day 73

These Fu Dog vases are about 8 by 3 inches porcelain by an unknown artist circa 1900.

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Did you know that Fu Dogs could be on a vase and not have the vase sticking out of their backs? Yeah, I knew it too!

Fu Dog – Day 72

These Fu Dogs are about 2.5 by 1.5 inches, by an unknown artist.

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Did you know small Fu Dogs could be so intricate and balanced? I sure take inspiration from them!

Fu Dog – Day 71

This Fu Dog is a finial on an enamel bell that is 4 inches by 3 inches. It is by an unknown artist and of unknown gender.

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Did you know that a Fu Dog could make a lovely sound? I’d like to hear it sing out!

Fu Dog – Day 70

This is a Male Fu Dog (because you can see the ball under his paw). It is 4 x 4 x 2 inches, jeweled, by an unknown artist.


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Did you know a Fu Dog makes a great gift? This one makes me want to give you a present!

Fu Dog – Day 69

This is a Female Fu Dog (because you can see the cub under her paw). It is 4 x 4 x 2 inches, jeweled, by an unknown artist.

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Did you know a Fu Dog could have such riches? I would love such a Fu Dog!

Fu Dog – Day 68

This Fu Dog is a graphic image possibly by Yukie Nagai, Yutaka Ohtake and Hiromasa Suzuki in their paper “Noise Robust Surface Reconstruction by Combining PU and Graph-cut” of 2009.

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Did you know a graphic Fu Dog could look so three dimensional? It looks like a beautiful sculpture!

Fu Dog – Day 67

This Fu Dog is about 2 inches by 2 inches by 1 inch and is gold plated solid brass, by an unknown artist.

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Did you know that a Fu Dog would have such friends as a Pi Yao and a Chi Lin? In this case it is important to note that good friends are like gold and should be cherished!

Fu Dog – Day 66

This bronze male Fu Dog is by an unknown artist of an unknown time.

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Did you know that a Fu Dog can have a tail like a fan? This one looks like it would create a great breeze when happily wagging its tail!

Fu Dog – Day 65

This is a Japanese bronze of 7 Fu Dogs! Maybe of the Meiji to Taisho period, by an unknown artist.

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Did you know that the Peony (or Botan) is usually associated with the Fu Dog (per image source)? I bet they are having fun playing in and around the flowers!

Fu Dog – Day 64

These Fu Dogs are topiary – they were reportedly made for the 2008 Beijing Olympics by an unknown artist.

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Did you know that Fu Dogs could be rooted to a spot – literally? I wonder if these would bloom in the spring – I hope they make beautiful flowers together!

Fu Dog – Day 63

This Fu Dog is probably somewhere in Ngoya, Japan. It is of unknown size, gender, artist.

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Did you know Fu Dogs could be Dare Devils? This one looks like it relishes life on the edge!

Fu Dog – Day 62

This Fu Dog is on a plaque, possibly at the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, Singapore. It is of unknown size, artist, gender, and date, probably made of wood.

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Did you know Fu Dogs like to be decorated? This one looks to me like it is wearing tiny parasols and soaring through the air!

Fu Dog – Day 61

This Fu Dog is male (because of the ball under his paw) and is probably ceramic, by an unknown artist of unknown date and size.

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Did you know a Fu Dog could light up your world? This one certainly could make my nights more illuminated!

Fu Dog – Day 60

This pair of Fu Dog door pulls is of unknown artist, size, material, gender.

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Did you know that Fu Dogs are effective guardians even if they only have a head? I can imagine these two releasing their ‘bite’ on the door pull ring for anyone they deemed not worthy of entry!

Fu Dog – Day 59

These Fu Dogs are of cast bronze, over six feet ! tall, location unknown, artist unknown, of the late 19th century.

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Did you know that both Fu Dogs can have a ball? This pair each have a ball (very strange to see – a first for me) and the female one even has two cubs; a unique and beautiful pair!

Fu Dog – Day 58

This Fu Dog is of unknown gender and artist and size and location. It is carved of stone depicting Manjusri Bodhisattva astride a Fu Dog.

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Did you know Fu Dogs could be ridden? I want to ride!

Fu Dog – Day 57

This Fu Dog is male (due to the large ball under his paw)  and located in Taiwan outside Chung Tai Chan monastery. It is of unknown artist and material.

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Did you know that sculpted Fu Dogs do not normally have very detailed eyes? This Fu Dog is the exception having very detailed eyes – don’t you feel them protecting you – I do!

Fu Dog – Day 56

To quote the source: “Qing Imperial yellow embroidered panel for a nine-fold screen. Imagery includes Fu Dog and female deities in the heavenly garden. 18th-century Chinese.”

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Did you know that Fu Dogs and deities were pals, hanging out together in heavenly gardens? I’d like to have as cool a pal to hang out with!

Fu Dog – Day 55

This pair of Fu Dogs is unknown for everything!

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Did you know Fu Dogs could have a low profile? These look squashed and on the prowl!

Fu Dog – Day 54

This is a Nepalese Fu Dog of cast bronze by an unknown artist of the 18th century. It is of probable female gender.

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Did you know that Nepalese Fu Dogs sometimes have prominent breasts? This region usually doesn’t put a ball or a cub with their Fu Dogs either!

Fu Dog – Day 53

This Fu Dog is located at the Summer Palace in Beijing China. It is of unknown artist and gender, carved from stone.

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Did you know that sometimes you can’t tell what is happening on or to a Fu Dog? This one, while it is in beautiful surroundings, looks like it has a cub crawling up both front legs, and then, who can tell what is underneath that nearest front paw!

Fu Dog – Day 52

This Fu Dog is male (at least I think that is a ball under its far front paw) and is of unknown artist, location and time frame.

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Did you know that normally you have to walk between Fu Dog pairs to get to whatever they are guarding? My guess is that directly behind the photographer of this Fu Dog is another Fu Dog – either that or directly to the right of this Fu Dog is an opening where even further right is a Fu Dog facing this one.

Fu Dog – Day 51

This Fu Dog is female (as you can see the cub) and is located in China. It is by an unknown artist of an unknown time.

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Did you know that most Fu Dog cubs are underfoot? Sometimes a cub may be beside or on the Fu Dog female, like this one!

Fu Dog – Day 50

This Fu Dog is at the Marble Temple (Wat Benjamabophit), Bangkok, Thailand. It is of unknown artist but it is definitely male.

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Did you know Fu Dogs in Thailand tend to have rows and rows of same sized teeth, without emphasizing a pair of fangs? I don’t know why.

Fu Dog – day 49

This Fu Dog is of unknown artist and is female. It was located in Semarang Indonesia.

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Did you know that Fu Dogs can be replaced? Apparently, this one has been replaced – what a sad thing.

Fu Dog – Day 48

This Fu Dog is in Kathmandu and made of stone by an unknown artist and is of unknown gender.

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Did you know that many Fu Dogs accept gifts? I think that is what the item beside this Fu Dog is for – for offerings!

Fu Dog – Day 47

This pair of Fu Dogs is of unknown everything except material (24k gold gilt bronze)!

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Did you know sometimes creatures that are not Fu Dogs get labeled as Fu Dogs? This pair has all the artistic hall marks of a Fu Dog but the representative posture is so strange and very un-Fu-Dog-like – so curious!

Fu Dog – Day 46

This Fu Dog is female (as evidenced by the Fu Dog cub).  It is of unknown date and artist (though it is noted as a gift from the Republic of China), and is located in the Northern Garden of the White Palace, Sa’d Abad Royal Complex, Iran.

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Did you know that Fu Dogs frequently have features that seem not to be from either dog or lion? This one almost seems dwarfish or gremlin-esque, and the cub a little dragon-like (to me anyway)!

Fu Dog – Day 45

This Fu Dog is of unknown artist and gender. It is at Elephant Terrace in Angkor, Cambodia.

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Did you know that many of the Fu Dogs I've seen of Cambodia have rounded and protruding hind "knees"? That's just one of a number of unique stylistic interpretations routinely given to Fu Dogs of that geographic region!

Fu Dog – Day 44

This vase has three Fu Dogs on it. It is a late 19th century Satsuma, 19 inches tall – its Fu Dogs are of unknown gender.

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Did you know Fu Dogs frequently adorn containers, like this vase? I guess containers need guarding too!