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Foo Dog Seal

Antique Chinese Bronze Foo Dog Seal Statue
Located in San Diego, CA
Representing the mythical figure of a foo dog, this incredibly ornate figure packs detail and
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Vintage 1940s Chinese Chinoiserie Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Chinese Bronze Foo Dog Seal Statue
Antique Chinese Bronze Foo Dog Seal Statue
H 2.25 in W 1.25 in D 1.5 in
Pair of Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved Soapstone Seals.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
soapstone Foo Dog seals. Beautiful sculptures of finely carved group of Foo Dogs topping a rectangular
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Soapstone

Pair of Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved Soapstone Seals.
Pair of Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved Soapstone Seals.
No Reserve
H 7.25 in W 3.25 in D 3.25 in
Pair of Carved Stone Foo Dog Chop Seals
Located in Norwood, NJ
Pair of hard stone chop seals decorated with foo dogs. Two lines of calligraphy across the front
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

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Soapstone

Pair of Carved Stone Foo Dog Chop Seals
Pair of Carved Stone Foo Dog Chop Seals
H 7.25 in W 2.25 in D 2.25 in
Large Chinese Export Carved Soapstone Foo Dog Scholars Seal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Chinese export carved soapstone foo dog scholars seal, nicely carved, in two color soapstone
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

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Soapstone

Vintage Chinese Green and Brown Serpentine Foo Dog Chop Seal
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a stunning and rare vintage Chinese green and brown serpentine foo dog chop seal, Hong
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Serpentine

Large Chinese Natural Untreated Jadeite Foo Dog Lion Seal Stone Carving w Stand
Located in Richmond, CA
jadeite seal stone is the skillfully carved figure of a foo dog or guardian lion that sits majestically
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

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Jade

20C Chinese Soapstone Foo Dog Carving
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely 20C Chinese soapstone foo dog carving. Made in China in the early 20th
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

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Soapstone

Antique Asian Carved Foo Dog Lion Architectural Corbels, a Pair
Located in Forney, TX
) Overall: 30" High, 22" Wide, 9.5" Deep Foo dog / Foo lion: 25" High, 7" Wide, 9.5" Deep; Base: 5" High
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Architectural Elements

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Wood, Paint

Chinese Ming Dynasty Architectural Terracotta Roof Tile Figure Qilin Foo Dog pr
Located in Forney, TX
likely Forbidden City, Dongcheng District, Beijing, figural pottery modeled as mythical qilin (foo dog
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings

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Earthenware, Terracotta

Art Déco German Painted Porcelain Foo Dog Perfume Lamp/Incense Burner by Aerozon
By Aerozon
Located in North Miami, FL
Art Déco german hand-painted glazed porcelain foo dog perfume lamp/incense burner by Aerozon By
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Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Table Lamps

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Enamel

Antique Chinese Coral Red Lions Foo Dog Calligraphy Hat Stand Vase Qing c.1911
Located in Richmond, CA
quatrefoils to the round cylindrical body, hand painted with a pair of large and small dancing lions/foo dogs
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Qing Porcelain Brush Pot Painted with Figures and Seal Mark with Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Foo dog like creature to one side and with a lady, possibly a mother or teacher with four children to
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Porcelain, Wood

Mid-Century Chinese Hand Painted Glazed Ceramic Vase with Fu Dog Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
1960, the large vessel with flared rim and tapered body, is decorated with lizard and foo dog motifs
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Vases

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Pair of 19th Century Chinese Hand Painted Glazed Ceramic Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
decorated with lizard and foo dog motifs around the neck. The central sections showcase a meticulously hand
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Vases

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Ceramic, Porcelain

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17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
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Chinese Porcelain Bowl Hand Painted Blue and White, 17th Century Ming Export
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hand painted Chinese Export porcelain bowl, which we date to the 17th century, Ming Dynasty. The bowl is fairly thickly potted with a fairly high, slightly undercut foo...
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Pair of 18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Covered Jars
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 18th century Chinese export Famille Rose porcelain covered jars. Spring flowers sprout from jagged rocks while exotic birds peer over the lush garden. There are delicately en...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Ceramics

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Chinese Qing Dynasty Flambé Glazed Bottle Vase, Tianqiuping, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A gorgeous Chinese monochrome red flambé glazed bottle vase, called a tianqiuping, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century. The voluptuous body of the vase of globular form, rising to br...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Vases

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Vintage Porcelain Vase - China Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Porcelain Vase, China early 20th Century Painted in underglaze blue with ideogram bands representing conjugal happiness on a background of stylized peonies.handles with pair...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Vases

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Unique Pair of Decorative Foo Dogs Temple Lion Bookends Sculptures
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Offered is a pair of Foo Dog sculptures on a black base. These are a classic Asian decorative piece, they are made from soapstone. This type of sculpture typically depicts two guardi...
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Vintage 1970s Chinese Animal Sculptures

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Soapstone

Pair of Chinese Foo Dogs Hand Carved Hardstone Good Colour and Detail, Ca 1940
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a very good pair of antique Chinese foo or lion dogs, sometimes called temple lions made of a hardstone, hand carved with fine detail and polished, dating to the mid 20th c...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Stone

Pair of Chinese Foo Dogs Concrete Statue Guardians Lions Stone Garden
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of Chinese foo dogs concrete statue guardians lions stone garden 32" These stone foo dogs are meticulously detailed and display very well. Foo dogs, or lions are known as gu...
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Late 20th Century Architectural Elements

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Concrete

Antique Pair of Late Ming Dynasty Silk Road Carved Stone Guardian Lions
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rare pair of large Chinese carved stone foo dog guardian lions. Originated from a house of a mandarin (a public official in the Chinese Empire), located on The Silk Road. Here they ...
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Statues

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Stone

Chinese Carved Zitan Table-Form Stand, Republic Period, Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A finely carved zitan wood display stand in the form of a round table, China, Republic Period, mid 20th century. The circular display stand carved from rare and precious zitan wo...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Zitan

Pair of 1950s Carved Soapstone Foo Dogs
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1950s carved soapstone Foo dogs each one uniquely different.
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Vintage 1950s Animal Sculptures

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Soapstone

Chinese Export Six Panel Cloisonné Soapstone Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Chinese export six-panel lacquer coromandel screen featuring a blue and white cloisonné style border decorated with scholars objects, animals, and vases. The middle of the s...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Soapstone, Brass

Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Carved Stone Foo Dog Guardian Lion Sculpture
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period carved stone foo dog guardian lion from the 19th century, on square base. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this stone sculpture features a guar...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Statues

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Stone

Pair of Chinese Porcelain Foo Dogs
Located in Essex, MA
Each seated on pedestals one stepping on a ball the other clutching a reptilian creature. Painted in the spinach and egg color.
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Antique 1880s Chinese Ceramics

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Other

Pair of Chinese Blue and White Dragon Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of large Chinese blue and white baluster vases, decorated in the Kangxi style, with stylised Dogs of Fo depicted amongst a foliate landscape, now mounted as lamps with ha...
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Carved Chinese Soapstone Water Dropper
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A carved Chinese soapstone water dropper, boat shaped receptacle with spout and handle, carved with trailing floral stems and a domed cover with a bird forming a finial. Late Qing/Re...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Soapstone

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Pair of Chinese Carved Hardstone Seal Chop Foo Dogs, circa 1900
Located in Seattle, WA
Pair of foo dog seal chops. Chinese hardstone carved with Buddhist monks in forest scene in base
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

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Stone

Vintage Chinese Gold Plated Seal in Beautiful Presentational Silk Lined Red Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
lined red box with Chinese inscriptions custom fabricated to hold a gold tone double luck foo dog seal
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes

Chinese Carved Soapstone Foo Dog Seal
Located in Nottingham, GB
Foo Dog Seal
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20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Soapstone

Chinese Carved Soapstone Foo Dog Seal
Chinese Carved Soapstone Foo Dog Seal
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H 3.15 in W 0.99 in D 0.99 in
Chinese Carved Jadeite Seal Sculpture of Foo Dog
Located in Nottingham, GB
Chinese Carved Jadeite Seal Sculpture of Foo Dog Very good condition. From a private collection
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Early 20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Jade

Chinese Carved Jadeite Seal Sculpture of Foo Dog
Chinese Carved Jadeite Seal Sculpture of Foo Dog
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H 2.76 in W 0.79 in D 0.79 in
Chinese Carved Foo Dog Jade Sculpture
Located in Nottingham, GB
A finely carved Chinese soapstone desk seal. 1820 to 1880 China, Qing Dynasty. Very good condition
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20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Jade

Chinese Carved Foo Dog Jade Sculpture
Chinese Carved Foo Dog Jade Sculpture
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H 1.58 in W 1.97 in D 2.37 in
Pair of Chinese Soapstone Carved Seals
Located in Essex, MA
With foo dog carved finials.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings

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Soapstone

Pair of Chinese Soapstone Carved Seals
Pair of Chinese Soapstone Carved Seals
H 8.88 in W 2.75 in D 2.75 in
Pair of Mid-Century Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain Vases with Bird Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
decorated with lizard and foo dog motifs around the neck. The central sections feature hand painted bird
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Vases

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Ceramic, Porcelain

19th Century Chinese Qing Warrior Elephant Glazed Ceramic Incense Burner Pair
Located in Forney, TX
figure attendants, foo dog temple guardians, religious statues, or impressive architectural elements, be
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

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Ceramic

Coffee Pot in Black Basalt, Thomas Barker, circa 1765
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare, early coffee pot by Thomas Barker, one of the early Staffordshire potters. The foo dog
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Pottery

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Large Antique Chinese Famille Rose Craquel Glaze Vase, 19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
. The vase is applied in relief with dog of Foo masks holding ring handles in their mouths to either
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Other Ceramics

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Ceramic

PAIR of Chinese crackle glaze ceramic Vases hand painted, Qing Late 19th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
embellished to the neck with two foo dog handles and four salamanders to the shoulder of each vase. The vases
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Ceramic

Pair Antique Chinese Sancai Architectural Roof Tiles
Located in Forney, TX
decorate your home or office, or even outdoors in place of guardian foo dog lions, or as a fun and fanciful
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Antique 19th Century Asian Qing Architectural Elements

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Ceramic, Paint

Pair of Chinese Qianlong marked Blue Vases
Located in Sarasota, FL
A pair of Chinese dark blue hexagonal shaped vases with foo dog handles, raised relief hand painted
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ceramics

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Ceramic

Chinese Soapstone Hand Carved Chop Seal
Located in Cookeville, TN
Offering a Chinese hand carved chop seal. This one depicts a foo dog on top guarding a bunch of
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Asian Art, Objects and Fu...

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Soapstone

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Foo Dog Seal For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic foo dog seal available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of stone, soapstone and ceramic, every foo dog seal was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect foo dog seal — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available.

How Much is a Foo Dog Seal?

The average selling price for a foo dog seal at 1stDibs is $588, while they’re typically $230 on the low end and $3,325 for the highest priced.
Questions About Foo Dog Seal
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yes, foo dogs are lions. Foo dogs are believed to be Chinese guardian lions and are typically made of stone. Foo dogs are often displayed in pairs outside of entrances to act as guardians for the home. Shop a selection of foo dogs on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    What the meaning of foo dog artwork is largely comes down to personal interpretation. Traditionally, the figures, also called guardian lions, represent protection, success, wealth and good fortune. Because they originate from China, the lion-dog hybrid creatures sometimes symbolize Chinese culture. On 1stDibs, find a variety of foo dog artwork.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Traditional foo dogs, also known as fu dogs and lion dogs, are made from stone. Foo dogs are traditional Chinese ornaments believed to be guardians of the home, with pairs being displayed at the entrances. Shop a wide selection of authentic foo dogs through 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Chinese foo dogs are called “shishi” in China, which translates to “stone lion”. Shishi were traditionally placed in pairs outside of palaces, offices, temples and bridges to protect the home from evil spirits. Browse a selection of antique foo dog sculptures on 1stDibs.