TWO Chinese Gold Wash Sterling Silver & Enamel Filigree FOO DOG Pair w Wood Base

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Please view all the photos and email any questions before bidding. Winning bid will get Both of these foo dogs. They are amazing and test posative for sterling silver. They have a gold wash over them and and have enamel decorations with lapis stone eyes, looks like red coral set in the colar and small blueish green stones set along the back and the back of the neck in the waves of hair. There is so much detail on these dogs. The body looks like very close mesh with much ornate dezign on it. There is one small blue stone missing on the back of the male dog and small amount of red enamel chipped of the dezign. The mom Foo Dog playing with the baby is super cute. Even the baby Foo has so much detail and stone eyes and stones set all along the back of the head and neck, just like the adults. I wish I could tell you when and where these were made. The wood base is also very ornate and well made. Looking closely at the gold lines that decorate the base, I realize it is actually thin wire pressed into a tiny carved out line. This must have taken so much time to create this work of art. I am selling the set, all three dogs as is, The one dog is not attached to the wood base. I can see where it looks like it was glued back on at some time. It should has tiny nails or pins that came from the feet and put into the wood. You can see where the read more