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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
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Soapstone
Pair of Small Patinated Bronze Chinese Foo Dogs
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of small patinated bronze Chinese foo dogs, circa 1950s. Excellent vintage condition with
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Pair Chinese Porcelain Foo Dog Covered Jars, mid 20th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
and scattered smaller blossoms, also in red enamel. Three charming foo lions or foo dogs scamper
Category
Vintage 1960s Chinese Qing Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Ceramic Pair of Guardian Chinese Dragon, Foo Dog Lion, 1970s
Located in Bastogne, BE
. There is a small defect on the paw of one dog (see the last photo).
I have provided a lot of pictures
Category
Vintage 1970s Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Floor Vase with Foo Dog Handles
Located in Morristown, NJ
Condition:
Good/Fair, one foo dog handle separating from urn, needs adjustment/repair. Small dent near the
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Japanese Meiji Era Patinated Bronze Foo Dog Lion Group Censer
Located in Forney, TX
, depicting two large foos at play frolicking and mock fighting, teaching a pair of small foo pups to its
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Earthenware, Terracotta
H 18 in W 19 in D 8 in
Hand Carved Green Stone Small Chinese Foo-Dogs Sculptures/Figurines
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of hand carved green stone Chinese Foo-Dog sculptures/figurines. They depict a pair
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Decorated Porcelain Vases w/ Foo Dog Handles 1800s
Located in New York, NY
in masterfully executed high relief. These larger Foo Dog playfully sniff the noses of smaller Foo
Category
Antique 1860s Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Gold
Enamel Green, Blue, Pink Red "Good Luck" Foo Dog and Frog Box Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This remarkable vintage "good luck" small box has pushed out enamel jumping and leaping frogs and
Category
Antique 1890s Chinese Rococo Revival Boxes
Materials
Copper, 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
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
H 11.42 in Dm 4.73 in
Chinese Jade Foo Dogs, Set of Two
Located in Grythyttan, SE
-open mouths, symbolizing their role as guardians of the place they adorn.
The female Foo Dog
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Animal Sculptures
Materials
Jade
Large Pair of Chinese Export Sancai Glazed Foo Dogs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
, rendered in muted earth tones that lend a sense of understated elegance. The larger Foo Dog, with a pup
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Chinese Turquoise Glazed Foo Dogs, circa 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful pair of turquoise glazed Chinese Foo dog statues- circa 1880. Foo dogs were actually
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Pair Hand Carved Red Hardstone Mounted Foo Dogs
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful and well carved pair Chinese red hard stone dog of Foo figures of miniature size
Category
20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Graduated Pair Turquoise Glazed Porcelain Mounted Foo Dogs
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and attractive pair of graduated Chinese turquoise glazed dogs of foo figures dating
Category
20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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H 11.82 in W 4.53 in D 3.15 in
Pair of 18th/19th Century Solid Teak Foo Dogs, Opposing, Statuary
Located in Stamford, CT
with her baby.
Measures: L22 H13 D9
Small Foo Dog 6H. 7W.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Mid 20th Century Carved Soapstone Sculptures Chocolate Colored Foo Dogs - Pair
Located in Charlotte, NC
A pair of Foo Dog sculptures in soapstone depicting mythical lion-like animals that are protectors
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
H 5.75 in W 3.5 in D 2 in
Antique Pair of Chinese Bronze Foo Dogs good detail, Qing early 19th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a very good pair of antique Chinese foo or lion dog sculptures, sometimes called temple
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Metal, Brass
H 4.3 in W 4.75 in D 2.5 in
Pair of Vintage Chinese Fu Dog Lamp
Located in Sheffield, MA
A wonderful pair of vintage Chinese Foo dog statues converted into small table lamps. These dog
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Reproduction Chinese Blue and White Pottery Container with a Fu Dog Topped Lid
Located in Van Nuys, CA
by a foo dog finial or handle in solid blue glaze. It is likely to be a newer reproduction created
Category
Early 2000s Chinese Chinese Export Pottery
Materials
Ceramic
H 22 in W 10 in D 9 in
Fine Pair of Lid Jars In Chinese Porcelain, " India Company" Qianlong Reig
By Rose China
Located in Madrid, ES
pagodas with figures.
Lids with handles in the shape of foo dogs.
Small wear on the gilding and small
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large Antique Japanese Quality Satsuma Lidded Vases
Located in Suffolk, GB
quality. They have three small chips and a repair to the head of one dog of foo not distracting from the
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Of European Signed Bue & White Glazed Ginger Jars
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of blue and white footed ginger jars with foo dog finials. The ginger jars with figural
Category
Antique 19th Century Jars
Materials
Earthenware
Assembled Three Piece English Porcelain Garniture, Ridgeway, circa 1830
Located in New York, NY
With gilt scroll handles terminating with a fierce foo dog mask, the central vase with perched
Category
Antique 1830s English Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Wedgwood Dynasty Porcelain Plates, Set of 2
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
plates, with black Greek-Key design around edge and dragon lion foo dog as main theme. Great pieces to
Category
Late 20th Century English Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Rose Canton Mandarin Porcelain Cider Jug with Cover, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
lid is shaped like a coolies hat with a small golden foo dog holding court of his own.
This piece is
Category
Antique 1790s Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Enamel
H 10 in W 9 in D 5.5 in
Blue and White Delft Large Lidded Baluster Vase
By Delft
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
, dish-shaped lid is topped with a hand-painted 'foo dog', or Imperial Chinese guardian lion, and four
Category
20th Century Dutch Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Elm Daybed with Bamboo Seat and Guardian Lions
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period elm wood daybed from the 19th century, with carved foo dog guardian
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Daybeds
Materials
Bamboo, Elm
H 27.5 in W 79.5 in D 30.5 in
Pair of Satsuma Earthenware Meiji Period Vases
Located in London, GB
rectangular cover surmounted by a foo dog with its paws resting on a ball. These are meant to protect the
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Pottery
Materials
Enamel
Victorian Japanese Gold and Silver Shakudo Ring
Located in Stamford, CT
always the subject in Japanese art, I have not seen a dog before that is not a foo dog or shi shi dog
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Victorian Fashion Rings
Materials
Gold, Silver, Shakudo
China Pair Monumental Antique Stone Spirit Pathway Tigers, Qing period 1750-1850
Located in South Burlington, VT
carvings of tigers are rare unlike more commonly encountered stone foo dog lions. From extensive travel
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Limestone
H 46 in W 24 in D 16 in
Chinese Yongzheng Mark Large Famille Noir Rouleau Porcelain Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
shaped panels several with birds amidst flowering shrubs, one with a Foo dog in a fenced landscape and
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Carved Green Jadeite Quartz Lamp
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
normal top lighting. The top of the urn which features an emblematic foo dog is removable to allow
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Quartz
Japan Tall Kasuga "Zodiac" Stone Lantern, 104 Inches
Located in South Burlington, VT
lovely images of cross hatch, trellices and a foo dog lion. On the base we find mountains, and clouds
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Granite
18th C. Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Mandarin 3-Piece Vase Garniture Set
Located in New York, NY
decorated vase is completed with a lid seating a gloriously pompous foo dog. The bodies are decorated with
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Tibetan Buddhist Ancient Temple Snow Lion Architectural Ornament
Located in Forney, TX
(Imperial Guardian Lion / Chinese Foo Dog), is an extraordinarily rare and unusual form, having large
Category
Antique 18th Century Tibetan Garden Ornaments
Materials
Stone
Japanese Bronze Shishi Lion Foo Dog Small Incense Burner, 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
Japanese bronze censer with lion foo dog (Shishi).
In japan, censer is one of the three Buddhist
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Small Jade Figure of a Foo Dog
Located in Fossano, IT
A small jade figure of a foo dog, China, 19th century or earlier.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Jade
Vintage Ceramic Chinese Foo Dog Guardian Lion
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
condition. A few small marks to dog and glaze. Chip to brow of dog. Old glue to base of tail
Good
Category
20th Century Chinese Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large 18th Century Chinese Famille Rose Powder-Blue-Ground Baluster Vase
Located in London, GB
shaped as a foo dog,
Qianlong period (1736-1795).
(Old restorations the body: The upper side
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Ceramics
Antique Peking Chinese Oversized Oriental Rug
Located in Sarasota, FL
Foo dog and a Qulin ( which I have never seen in a rug before) and which is a combination horse and
Category
Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Small Gilt Metal Foo Dog Lamp, 1950s
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Small gilt metal Foo Dog lamp, 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Chinese Terracota Foo Dog
Located in Redding, CT
Chinese terracotta foo dog. Intricate detail to this statue that is in a matte olive green wash. No
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Clay
Qing Dynasty Chinese Foo Dog Totems
Located in New Orleans, LA
offers protection and keeps their owners from harm.
The foo dog (also known as a guardian lion) has
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Hammered Copper Chinese Foo Dog
Located in Centennial, CO
This monumental and charming Chinese Foo Dog was created out of solid copper sheets - hammered
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone, Copper
Pair of Molded Stone Chinese Foo Dog Statues
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Male and female pair of molded or cast stone Chinese foo dog statues. Depicted sitting with each
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Large Pair Signed Emerald Green Ceramic Foo Dog Statues
Located in Chicago, IL
studs, floral neck adornments, swooping half circle whiskers, with a checked ball under and small foo
Category
Vintage 1960s Chinese Ceramics
Solid Brass Cachepot Jardiniere with Asian Foo Dog Handles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully Hand Crafted Bronze Cachepot or Jardiniere planter with Foo Dog Handles;.
The piece
Category
20th Century Asian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Bronze
Qing Dynasty Chinese Porcelain Foo Dog Vase, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
This baluster vase (22.5 tall) is decorated with classic iron red Foo dogs (lions). One big Foo dog
Category
Antique 1870s Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qing Foo Dog Porcelain Table Lamps in Iron Red
Located in New York, NY
Classic iron red foo dogs / lions. Each vase has one large foo dog on the front of the vase surrounded by
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qing Sancai Glazed Pottery Dog of Foo Incense Holder
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine Chinese Qing sancai glazed red clay pottery dog of foo incense holder figure dating from the
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
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H 9.55 in W 5.32 in D 2.96 in
Pair of Carved Wood Foo Dog Lamps of Black Painted Bases
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Small pair of carved wood Foo Dog lamps on black painted bases with black paper shades.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps
Ancient Chinese Western Han Vessel with an ancient vase and Foo dog container
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
vase and a small glazed pottery lidded Foo dog vessel also from the same collection.
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
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H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 3.55 in
Qing Dynasty Chinese Round Porcelain Ginger Jar with Lid Painted with Foo Dog
Located in Prato, Tuscany
the front is painted a "Foo's dog" in aggressive attitude; the drawing, handmade, is very detailed and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th-20th Century Chinese Carved Stone Foo Dogs
Located in Milford, NH
playing with a smaller foo dog at its feet, and the other dog playing with a ball. Presented on a pair of
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Massive 19th Century Polychrome Hand-Carved Giltwood Chinese Foo Dogs
Located in San Diego, CA
the spheres. Please see pictures.
These would make a wonderful edition to any foo dog collection or
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Large Pair of Chinese Tin Glazed Earthenware Foo Dogs with Ball & Pup Under Paws
Located in Milford, NH
A large pair of Chinese tin glazed pottery or earthenware Foo Dogs, one with a ball under his paw
Category
20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Earthenware
H 25.5 in W 15.5 in D 10 in
Japanese Imari Jar
Located in Stamford, CT
is also a foo dog motif. Small missing piece on top.
Category
20th Century Japanese Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Dueling Dragons Lidded Vase 19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
dueling dragons amidst flowering blooms, the hat shaped cover with a dog of Foo and ball finial. The vase
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal foo dog small for your home. Each foo dog small for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, stone and metal. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect foo dog small — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each foo dog small bearing Hollywood Regency hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made foo dog small over the years, but those crafted by Jaru and Rose China are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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- 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.