DESCRIPTION: An appealing and beautifully carved Chinese wood toggle (guajian), crafted in the form of a Buddhist lion (foo dog) seated on a round Buddhist wheel plinth with one paw placed on top of a pup. With curling mane, textured fur and raised tail, this foo dog would have been used as a counterweight for a tobacco pouch or other object suspended from a belt by a cord laced through its open areas. Displaying a luscious patina from use and handling,