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Bronze Lion-Dog (aka Foo-Dog) at the Forbidden City, Beijing, China.
They are always placed in pairs; the male has a paw on an ornate ball, representing power and domination over the human affairs of the world while the female has her paw on a wriggling cub, symbolizing control of the forces of nature.
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Aarmo, I. (2019, January 31). Chinese Lion-Dog. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9993/chinese-lion-dog/
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