A yellow and black jade carving of a dog from the Dr. Arthur Sackler collection dated to the Tang Dynasty in this position but with raised head was included in the exhibition organised by The Arts Council of Great Britain and The Oriental Ceramic Society held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Chinese Jade Throughout The Ages, 1975, Catalogue, no. 204; another pale celadon jade hound from the Joan Barrow collection dated from the Tang to Song dynasty in a similar posture and with similar details including the knobbed backbone and the exceptionally well carved paws and claws and the muscular tension below the surface of the skin was included in the Bluett and Sons exhibition, Dr. Newton's Zoo, 1981, Catalogue, no. 22.

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