Kylin
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Soapstone
Measurements
89 x 60 mm
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339455.2
Summary
Model - One of pair of soapstone kylin (Dogs of Fo) with one paw resting on a ball, teeth bared, head to the left. Signed on the base. Green/grey in colouring. 'Two Dogs of Fo carved in soapstone, one red with black painting, and the other grey. Bought from Wyndham Payne, Cheltenham, 17 July 1943' (M. Jessup).
Provenance
bought from Wyndham Payne, Cheltenham, 17 July 1943 for 12s and 6d Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.