Foo Dogs English
Pair Matching Ivory Chinese Dogs of Foo Matchstick Holders Silver Bases
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Delicate Pair Of Ivorine Dogs of Foo Matching Matchstick Box Holders.
Bases Have Silver Mark
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Silver
H 2.37 in W 1.66 in D 1.11 in
Pair, Ming Dynasty Gilt Bronze Diminutive Chinese Foo Dogs / Guardian Lions
Located in Atlanta, GA
stone lions or shishi (石獅; shíshī). They are known in colloquial English as lion dogs or foo dogs / fu
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 4 in W 3.25 in D 2.5 in
A pair of 19th Century carved Foo temple dogs or Chinese guardian Lions
Located in London, GB
known in colloquial English as lion dogs or foo dogs / fu dogs. The concept, which originated and became
Category
Antique 1860s Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
H 11.42 in W 20.48 in D 7.49 in
Pair 19th Century Bronze Fu Dogs
Located in Dublin 8, IE
breeds has led to them being referred to as ‘fu dogs’ (or ‘foo dogs’) in English.
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Antique 19th Century Asian Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Very Large Gorgeous Celadon Green English 19th Century Porcelain Bowl
Located in Hopewell, NJ
foo dogs, vases with flowers, round white medallions and a striking celadon green background. Marked
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Antique 19th Century English Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Temple Lion Jade Sculpture
Located in Roma, IT
dogs or foo dogs / fu dogs. The concept, which originated and became popular in Chinese Buddhism
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Jade
Mid-1800s Oversized Palace Chinese Rug Museum Quality Large Chinese Rug 13x18
Located in New York, NY
lions or Imperial guardian lions, often miscalled "Foo Dogs" in the West, are a common representation of
Category
Antique 1870s Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
W 153.94 in L 210.24 in
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19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Fu Dogs
Located in Houston, TX
An exceptional palatial quality pair of 19th century Chinese cloisonné Fu dogs featuring gold gilding over copper.
Chinese cloisonné objects were intended primarily for the furnishi...
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Antique 1890s Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Vintage Chinese Dragon Ceramic Garden Stool Drum Table
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning mid century Chinese chinoiserie style ceramic garden stool with carved dragons in the clouds all around. No hallmarks at bottom.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Stools
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Vintage Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Floor Vases
Located in Pomona, CA
Look at this pair of rare and magnificent Chinese Antique famille rose porcelain vases. They were hand made and hand paint. It has hand painted Chinese traditional folks arts of beau...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Blue and White Chinese Porcelain Garden Stools Side Tables with Dragons
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain garden stools with intricate hand painted motif of dragons, fish and flowers. Pierced detail at top and sides. Each piece is incis...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Stools
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique 17th Century Square Flemish Verdure Landscape Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
This is a gorgeous antique square 17th Century flemish Verdure landscape tapestry with two slight figures in a beautiful and rich summer scene of a countryside with lush trees and ve...
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Antique 17th Century Belgian Baroque Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
French Terracotta Bust of a Satyr by Max Le Verrier
By Charles Lemanceau, Max Le Verrier, Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful and rare French Art Deco terracotta bust of a satyr by well listed artist Max Le Verrier, (1891-1973). This unusual French terracotta bust sculpture is artist-signed on the...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Mid Century White Poodle Dog Sculpture II, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Painted ceramic, good original vintage condition.
Damaged leg - was repaired - shown on pictures.
Beautiful and unique decorative sculpture.
White Poodle Dog Sculpture was produce...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Italy Ceramic Vintage Dog Figurine Ceramic, 1960s
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
Vintage Dog Figurine Ceramic, 1960s
Additional information:
Dimensions: 20 W x 40 H cm
Condition: In good condition
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Mid Century White Poodle Dogs Sculptures, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Painted ceramic, good original vintage condition.
One dog is repaired - as shown on pictures.
Beautiful and unique decorative sculptures.
White Poodle Dogs Sculptures were produced...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Deruta, Hand-Painted Ceramic Vase, Figure of a Dragon, Italy, 1960s
By Deruta
Located in Roma, IT
Bellissimo vaso in stile RAFFAELLO , raffigurante un Drago
Deruta, Italy, 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Life-Size 19th Century Carrara Marble Bust of a Roman
Located in Lymington, GB
A dynamic, life-sized marble bust of a Roman in a toga with a leopard’s head clasp, raised on a variegated grey socle.
Mid-19th century.
This impressive antique bust of an - as yet t...
Category
Antique 19th Century Busts
Materials
Marble
Ceramic Collie Dog Figurine
Located in Chorzów, PL
Ceramic figurine of a sitting dog
No signature
Probably the 1960s.
height 17cm, width 10cm, depth 6cm
Category
Vintage 1960s Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Faience
Pair of Elegant Antique Chinese Carved and Gilt Panels
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Striking and decorative tall wall panels carved and gilt with overall openwork large scrolled acanthus leaves in relief, each leaf with raised ribs edged in black. The frames painted...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Two Chinese Wood Lion Foo Dogs Incense Holder
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Two Chinese wood Foo Dogs Incense holder burners.
Featuring a pair of highly detailed lion foo dogs, one male and one female which were thought to protect the home from harmful spir...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Hand Painted FooDog Ginger Jar
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent Antique Chinese Famille-Rose porcelain Ginger Jar was 100% hand made and hand paint from famous Chinese Famille-Rose Porcelain. It has beautiful hand painted foo dog...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Blue White Chien Lung Soup Tureen Centerpiece
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Fine & Rare Example of an Eighteenth-Century Chinese Porcelain Export Circular Lidded twin handle blue and white Deep Dish Tureen or Centerpiece Bowl of generous proportions a...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
H 7.75 in W 10.75 in D 5.5 in
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Art Deco Chinese Foo Dogs, circa 1940
Located in Sint-Kruis, BE
Pair of foo dogs, beautifully carved and delicately gilded. Chinese or Imperial guardian lions are
Category
20th Century Chinese Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Very Rare Pair of 18th Century Chinese Marble Temple Lion Guardians Foo Dogs
Located in GB
. They are informally known in colloquial English as lion dogs or foo dogs. The concept, which originated
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Marble
H 16.54 in W 6.5 in L 16.54 in
Vintage Foo Dog
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Known in English as lion dogs or foo dog, these guardian statues originate from Chinese Buddhism
Category
Early 20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Chinese Carved Stone Foo Dog
Located in London, GB
stone lions or shishi. They are known in colloquial English as lion dogs or foo dogs / fu dogs.
Category
20th Century Asian Ming Animal Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Stunning Pair of Midcentury Ceramic Chinese Lion Foo Dog Guardians Table Lamps
Located in GB
bronzed and stamped
Chinese guardian lions or Imperial guardian lions often miscalled "Foo Dogs" in the
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
H 20.28 in W 12.21 in D 7.88 in
Pair of polychrome wooden Foodogs, Qilin, China 19th century
Located in DEVENTER, NL
(石獅; shíshī). They are known in colloquial English as lion dogs or foo dogs / fu dogs. The concept
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Late Ming Terracotta Sancai Green Glazed Foo Dogs
Located in Dallas, TX
or foo dogs in English, are a traditional Chinese architectural ornament. Typically made of stone
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of 1920s Chinese, Glazed Peking Blue Foo Dogs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tzu, which led these figures to be called foo dogs (or fu dogs) in English — though you may also see
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Hollywood Regency Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Chinoiserie Hexagonal Red Glazed Decorative Trinket Dish with Foo Dogs
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
vibrant red. Five blue foo dogs are encircled in a white and blue medallion at each corner and at the
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Pair 1960s Mont Asian Gilt Foo Dogs Table Lamps Singha Lion Chinoiserie Gold
By James Mont
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A highly decorative pair of 1960s Asian Dogs of Foo table lamps in a gilt chinoiserie finish, on
Category
Vintage 1960s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 23.63 in W 14.18 in D 10.24 in
Pair of Turquoise Foo Dog Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of English turquoise glazed foo dogs on plinths, as lamps.
Category
Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Herend Lidded Vase Foo Dog Chinese Style Vintage Made 1900
By Herend
Located in Vienna, AT
informally known in colloquial English as lion dogs or foo dogs. They have to protect the buildings from
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Antique Early 1900s Hungarian Chinoiserie Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Turquoise and Green Glaze Ceramic Japanese Komainu or Lion Dogs, a Pair
Located in Morristown, NJ
Chinese Guardian Lions, often erroneously called Foo Dogs in English, and the original source of these is
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
H 10.5 in W 3.75 in D 6 in
Celadon Foo Dogs, Andrea by Sadek
Located in Cookeville, TN
shishi. They are informally known in colloquial English as lion dogs or foo dogs.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Animal Sculptures
Materials
Celadon
Early 20th Century Porcelain Chinese Sculpture Foo Dog
Located in Toledo, Castilla La Mancha
. They informally known in colloquial English as lion dogs or foo dogs. The concept, which originated and
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Porcelain
18th c. impressive Pair of Qing Long period Vases & Covers
Located in Atlanta, GA
are the two "foo-dogs" that adorn the lids, with painstaking details evident in their form.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Vases
Materials
Porcelain
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Questions About Foo Dogs English
- What are foo dogs made of?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Traditional 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.
- Is a foo dog a lion?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, 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.
- What is the meaning of foo dogs?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022What 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, 2022Chinese 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.