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Thai Temple Guardian

Asian Table Lamp of a Sitting Temple Musicien Gilded Bronze Thailand 1920s
Located in Salzburg, AT
noble object dates from the beginning of the 20th century. Thai temple guardian sits on an ornate
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Vintage 1920s Thai Other Table Lamps

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Bronze, Foil

Vintage Thai Ceremonial Gilt Carved Temple Guardian with Black and Red Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Thai ceremonial carved giltwood temple guardian sculpture from the mid-20th century, with
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Mid-20th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Thai Siam Khmer Bronze Gilt Singha Imperial Lion Foo Dog Temple Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Thai or Khmer bronze verdigris and golden parcel-gilt Imperial guardian temple Singha
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20th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Antique Northern Thai Chiang Mai Carved and Polychrome Mythical Guardian Animal
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chiang Mai wood mythical guardian animal from Thailand. Carved in Chiang Mai, Northern
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Antique 19th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Pair of Antique Northern Thai Carved and Polychrome Mythical Guardian Animals
Located in Yonkers, NY
A pair of antique Chiang Mai wood mythical guardian animals from Thailand. Carved in Chiang Mai
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Antique 19th Century Thai Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Vintage Bronze Gilt Thai Teppanom Temple Guard Dancing Statue Sculpture
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage statue in gilt bronze metal of Thai Teppanom Temple Guard Dancing statue sculpture
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Mid-20th Century Thai Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Rare Life Size Vintage Thai Carved Wood Singha Guardian Dog Statues
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The story of this pair of Thai carved and jeweled wood Singha guardian dogs is as great as the dogs
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Vintage 1940s Thai Bohemian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wool

A pair of 19th Century carved Foo temple dogs or Chinese guardian Lions
Located in London, GB
Chinese guardian lions, or imperial guardian lions, are a traditional Chinese architectural
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Antique 1860s Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

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Hardwood

Antique Thai Teak Blue Hand Painted Chofa
Located in Chicago, IL
most temples in Thailand in the shape of a slender bird and it represents Garuda which is a mythical
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Antique Early 1900s Thai Rustic Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Iron

Asian Gilt Bronze Teppanom Kneeling Thai Sacred Angels
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Two Asian gilt bronze Teppanom kneeling Thai sacred angels. Bronze gilded temple guardians in a
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Mid-20th Century Thai Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Temple Lion Jade Sculpture
Located in Roma, IT
Chinese jade archaic style "Temple lion" sculpture. Jade, probably 18th Century. 5 x 20 cm. Good
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Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Jade

Temple Lion Jade Sculpture
Temple Lion Jade Sculpture
H 1.97 in W 3.94 in D 7.88 in
19th Century Buddha Box Stand Table
Located in New York, NY
door guardians. In more remote villages open boxes of Triangular shape where used for collecting
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Antique 1890s Thai Rustic Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Large Pair of Bronze Lionized Shih Tzus Foo Dogs 20th Century Asian Sculptures
Located in Atlanta, GA
as the Imperial Guardian Lions, the name foo (or fu) dog, is widely used in Western culture, but they
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Mid-20th Century Asian Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Late 19th century Pair of Glazed Porcelain Foo Dogs
Located in Savannah, GA
to temples and homes of the very rich, they depict the guardian lions of the Far East. Always in
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Antique 1890s Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Porcelain

Mid-1800s Oversized Palace Chinese Rug Museum Quality Large Chinese Rug 13x18
Located in New York, NY
Condition Good Condition considering Age and History, worn areas throughout, see photos Chinese guardian
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Antique 1870s Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Late 19th century Carve Stone Cambodian Buddha
Located in Hudson, NY
numerous sizes representing Nagas and used as guardians of temples. This figure was a favorite motif of
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Antique 1890s Cambodian Other Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

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19th Century Pair of Japanese Bronze Lions Bookends, Meiji Period
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
This superb and rare pair of Japanese Meiji period bronze bookends are cast in solid bronze and depict a pair of Lions, with their heads raised. These finely sculpted pieces are beau...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases

Materials

Spruce

Large Gilt Bronze Tibetan Buddha
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful 12.5 lb, 16" tall, Tibetan bronze Buddha statue. Seated in padmasana with the left hand holding a kalasa containing blessing and wisdom dews, and the right one a plume of...
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20th Century Tibetan Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Large Gilt Bronze Tibetan Buddha
Large Gilt Bronze Tibetan Buddha
H 16 in W 11.5 in D 9 in
1950s Japanese Carved Wood Music Box Cigarette Dispenser w/ Dog
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A vintage wind-up music box dog cigarette dispenser is a charming and nostalgic item from the past. Features a whimsical design, in this case, a dog, and is equipped with a mechanism...
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Vintage 1950s Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Wood

Hand-Carved Tabletop Stone Sculpture from Thailand
Located in New York, NY
A table-top sculpture of a torso in traditional attire, hand-carved from a single piece of stone. From Thailand. Contemporary. Mounted on a wood / metal stand. 28.5 inches high, 10 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Other Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone

19th Century Japanese Meiji Era Patinated Bronze Foo Dog Lion Group Censer
Located in Forney, TX
A large and impressive Japanese Meiji period (1852-1912) patinated bronze guardian lion censer. Late 19th century, Japan, exceptionally executed, the group consisting of four shishi...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

19th C., Rattanakosin, A Set of Antique Thai Wood Carving Panels with Flower
Located in Sampantawong, TH
A set of Thai wood carving panels with flower. Age: Thailand, Rattanakosin Period, 19th Century Size per panel: height 95 cm / width 21.4 cm / thickness 1.8 cm Size for all: height ...
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Antique 19th Century Thai Antiquities

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Wood

19th Century Burmese Jewel Inlaid Bronze Temple Guardian
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce, high-quality antique Burmese jewel inlaid solid bronze chinthe sculpture. Dating to the late 19th century, likely originating in the Mandalay region of central Burma, t...
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Antique Late 19th Century Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Mason's Ironstone Large Cabinet Plate in Bandana Pattern, circa 1900
By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good, large dinner or cabinet plate by Mason's Ironstone, England in the Bandana pattern, dating to circa 1900. The plate is circular in shape with a wavy moulded e...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Dinner Plates

Materials

Ironstone

Japan Large Antique Stone Joyful Temple Lion, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan a tall early antique stone temple mythical Shi Shi Temple Foo Dog Lion also known as Komainu hand-carved in sandstone. Dimensions: 23 inches high and 10 inches wide and 16 in...
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Sandstone

Rain Drum Dark Side Table
Located in Paris, FR
Side table rain drum dark in solid bronze in darkened finish. Measures: Ø71 x H 50cm, price: 9900,00€. Also available in set of 2, price: 19800,00€.
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Early 2000s Thai Side Tables

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Bronze

Rain Drum Dark Side Table
Rain Drum Dark Side Table
H 19.69 in Dm 27.96 in
Vintage Carved Wood Seated Buddha
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage hand carved seated Buddha Figure. A very well done piece.
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20th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Mahogany

Vintage Carved Wood Seated Buddha
Vintage Carved Wood Seated Buddha
H 17 in W 12 in D 7 in
Japanse Bronze Shishi Foo Lion by Shuzan / Hideyama, Meiji period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A heavy and powerfully cast Japanese bronze model of a shishi or foo lion by Hideyama / Shuzan, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The dramatic lion, known as a shishi in Japan, is ca...
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Buddha Riding Three Headed Elephant Bronze Sculpture / Indra on Erawan
Located in San Diego, CA
Well casted, heavy bronze, Buddha riding three headed elephant sculpture, circa 1960s. The piece depicts Indra, Hindu deity (god of rain and thunder), riding a three-headed elephant ...
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Mid-20th Century Thai Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Antique Wood Carving Raccoon Dog 1900s-1940s / Object Mingei Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old raccoon dog wood carving made in Japan. This wood carving was made in the early Showa period (1900s to 1940s). It is carved from a single piece of cedar wood. In ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

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Cedar

Asian Bronze Foo Dogs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Asian Bronze Foo Dogs or Kylin Dragon, probably Tibetan, circa 1940s or earlier. They retain their warm original patina. These were purchased from the Manhattan estate of a J...
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Vintage 1940s Tibetan Chinoiserie Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Asian Bronze Foo Dogs
Asian Bronze Foo Dogs
H 13 in W 13 in D 6 in

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Antique Thai Wooden Temple Guardian Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Antique Thai Wooden Temple Guardian Sculpture
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Early 20th Century Thai Sculptures

Thailand Naga Sculpture from Buddhist temple
Located in Atlanta, GA
This ornately carved Naga originally adorned a Buddhist temple in rural Thailand. Nagas control the
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Thai Sculptures

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Wood

19th Century Sculpture of Thai Foo Dog or Lion Guardian, Glass Jewel Deco
Located in Werkendam, NL
'Dracule', as he is called intimately, is looking forward to his new job. Thailand, 19th century. In
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Antique 19th Century Thai Other Sculptures and Carvings

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Glass, Wood

Pair of Large Bronze Thai Temple Guardian Foo Lion Dogs
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A pair of large bronze Thai temple guardian foo lion dogs These are a very impressive pair of
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Antique Late 19th Century Thai Medieval Animal Sculptures

Temple Guardian Head Composed of 17th Century Ming Porcelain Shards, Thailand
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A wonderful and highly decorative Thai temple guardian head composed of Chinese blue and white Ming
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Antique 17th Century Thai Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Stucco, Terracotta

Very Rare Pair of 18th Century Chinese Marble Temple Lion Guardians Foo Dogs
Located in GB
Imperial Temple Lion Guardians or Foo dogs A truly exquisite pair, the patina is absolutely glorious
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Marble

Temple Singha Head
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive Singha Head is from a temple in the Northeast part of Thailand. It is made from
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Antique 18th Century Thai Statues

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Sandstone

Temple Singha Head
Temple Singha Head
H 26 in W 12.5 in D 12 in
Asian Gilt Bronze Pair of Teppanom kneeling Thai Sacred Angels
Located in North Hollywood, CA
protector, then guardian of religious temples, and are seen as protectors of the house and land of the owner
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Vintage 1950s Thai Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Dragon Statue Naga
Located in New York, NY
Thai Dragon Naga Sandstone type aggregate with inlaid mirrored glass. Remnants of the wood carved
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20th Century Thai Statues

Dragon Statue Naga
Dragon Statue Naga
H 68 in W 20 in D 9 in
Pair of 19th Century Bronze Dogs of Foo Thai Temple Guards
Located in Mimizan, FR
A pair of bronze Thai temple guardian Foo Lion dogs Two Singha, traditional snow lion guardians of
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Antique 1880s French Other Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Antique Semi Precious Stone Decorated Ferocious Bronze Temple Guardian Foo Lions
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pair of antique bronze Thai foo lions. They are a right and left pair. Heads are turned in opposing
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Early 20th Century Thai Tibetan Garden Ornaments

Materials

Bronze

"Lions Temple Gardians" End of 19th Early 20th Century Rattanakosin Thailand
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Pair of large temple guardians from the Thai art of Rattanakosin. These two temple guardians
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20th Century Thai Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Asian Gilt Bronze Pair of Teppanom kneeling Thai Sacred Angels
Located in North Hollywood, CA
guardian of religious temples, and are seen as protectors of the house and land of the owner. Very fine
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Vintage 1950s Thai Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Large Spirit House from Northern Thailand, Teak, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
large spirit house models a large scale Thai Buddhist temple, and incorporates a range of traditional
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Mid-20th Century Thai Folk Art Architectural Models

Materials

Teak

Hand carved Teak Wood sculpture of Temple Guardian (ref# KH21)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Copy of Old Buddhist Temple Carvings of Thai Angel on teak base.
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20th Century Thai Statues

Materials

Teak

Thailand Carved Wood Temple Doors
Located in Sarasota, FL
A carved and gilt wood divided temple door from Thailand with carved and gilt wood guardian angel
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Antique Late 19th Century Thai Doors and Gates

Materials

Giltwood, Wood

Thailand Carved Wood Temple Doors
Thailand Carved Wood Temple Doors
H 81 in W 42 in D 5.5 in
Antique Pair of Bronze Standing Foo Dogs Khmer Style
Located in Sarasota, FL
These Foo dogs are bronze statues from Thailand fierce Mythical lions ornamental in jewelry across
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Antique 1890s Thai Chinese Export Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Guardian Figure, Thailand, circa 1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
A mid-19th century Thai bronze figure of a temple guardian on a later stand, circa 1850. Ex
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Antique Mid-19th Century Thai International Style Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

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Find many varieties of an authentic Thai temple guardian available at 1stDibs. Each Thai temple guardian for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and bronze. There are many kinds of the Thai temple guardian you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A Thai temple guardian is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in folk art styles are sought with frequency.

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A Thai temple guardian can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,400, while the lowest priced sells for $316 and the highest can go for as much as $27,500.