They will be struck by the wonderful depth of the colour on the nose, and speculate as to how beautiful the bit of the tail that is lost no doubt was.
We, in this age, do not see the beauty of that dog.

We are too familiar with it.

It is like the sunset and the stars: we are not awed by their loveliness because they are common to our eyes.

So it is with that china dog.

In 2288 people will gush over it.