They were completed in January 1988 and dedicated on June 27, 1988 as part of the Indianapolis Zoo's opening within White River State Park.

[1] The sculpture is made of two stylized Chinese lions set on pedestals, facing each other.

found the sculptures to be in poor condition, with multiple large cracks and numerous smaller fractures throughout, as well as repaired losses in the marble.

[1] As a reciprocal gift, Governor Orr of Indiana offered Zhejiang a statue of an American Bison.

The sculpture was carved by the Boruff brothers out of a block of limestone from Bedford, Indiana.