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Pair of Chinese Carved Wood Foo Dogs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese style (19th Cent) carved wood foo dog figures with straw hair trim on shaped
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Straw, Wood
$6,500 / set
Antique PAIR of Chinese Bronze Foo Dogs with Good Detail and colour, early 20thC
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Chinese foo dogs are cast in the Ming style but we date them later, to the early 20th Century, late Qing
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Pair Turquoise Glazed Porcelain Standing Foo Dogs
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine and attractive pair of Chinese turquoise glazed dogs of foo figures dating from the first
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
pair of Chinese porcelain foo dogs/lions, 18th c.
Located in New York, NY
each foo dog/lion
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Pair Sancai Glazed Mounted Foo Dogs Incense Holder
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine pair Chinese Qing sancai glazed pottery dog of Foo incense holder figures dating from
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Green Foo Dogs, circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
With bulging eyes, a somewhat snarling expression with baring teeth.
Category
1840s Chinese Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Table Lamp With Foo Dogs on Lucite Base
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th Century Chinese Familie Rose Style Porcelain Vase Table Lamp. This ceramic urn has been converted into a table lamp an old wooden circular base and later refitted on a square fr...
Category
1880s Italian Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Wood, Lucite, Porcelain
Red Chinese Temple Doors Lacquered Architectural Panels With Foo Dogs Wall Art
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Removed Antique Asian Cabinet Doors. Heavily worn corners and edges, missing finish. One door has only a single hinge remaining.
W 14 5/8 x H 26 5/8 x D 2 in.
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Elm
$2,000 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Pair Chinese Export Giltwood Carvings of Crane Phoenix or Foo Dogs 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Impressive and quite rare Pair of Hand Carved Giltwood Hardwood hanging Wall Carvings of Chinese origin, last quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
Each beautiful carving depicts a bi...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Harewood
Chinese Shisa Foo Dog Figurines, A Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of Early 20th Century Chinese Shisa Polychromed Glazed Foo Dogs, also known as Fu dogs
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Ceramic
$1,850 / set
Chinese Porcelain Foo Dog Split Vase Wooden Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
with orange foo dogs and characters in wood with a decorative faux bamboo edge.
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Early 20th-C. Asian Bronze Food Dogs or Lions Figurines, Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
These are a pair of early 20th century Chinese bronze foo dogs. They are a heavy casting and in
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Bronze
Chinese White and Blue Foo Dog Design Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) off-white porcelain urn decorated with blue foo dogs playing
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain and Wood Foo Dog Design Split Vase Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
with orange foo dogs and characters in wood with a decorative faux bamboo edge.
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Chinese White and Blue Foo Dog and Serpent Design Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) white porcelain urn decorated with blue foo dogs, clouds, and
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Orange Foo Dog Patterned Porcelain Lidded Ginger Jars
Located in Queens, NY
featuring swirling orange foo dogs against a gray-beige background. (PRICED AS PAIR)
Condition: Good; Wear
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Beige and Orange Foo Dog Patterned Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
featuring swirling orange foo dogs against a gray-beige background. (PRICED AS PAIR)
Condition: Good; Wear
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Orange Foo Dog Patterned Porcelain Lidded Ginger Jars
Located in Queens, NY
featuring swirling orange foo dogs with green accents against a gray-beige background. (PRICED AS PAIR
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinoiserie Cast Stone Garden Foo Dog Statues, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning pair of antique Chinoiserie painted cast stone statues of Asian Foo Dogs. These would be
Category
Early 20th Century American Chinoiserie Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Cast Stone
Vintage Enamel Green, Blue, Pink Red "Good Luck" Foo Dog and Frog Chinese Box
Located in North Miami, FL
frogs and foo dogs in beautiful colors. Greens, light blue, blues, red, pink, yellow, black are amongst
Category
1890s Chinese Rococo Revival Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Mid 19th Century Chinese Ningxia Carpet ( 12
6" x 18
2" - 380 x 555)
Located in New York, NY
Mid 19th Century Chinese Ningxia Carpet with Foo Dogs 石獅
( 12' 6" x 18' 2" - 380 x 555)
Category
1850s Chinese Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Wool
Pair of Antique Famille Rose Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of antique famille rose vases with applied dragons and foo dogs. Rare shape and cobalt blue
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Ceramic
$12,600 / set
Pair Very Large Chinese or Japanese Carved Wooden Fu Lions
Located in New York, NY
Pair highly stylized large Chinese or Japanese carved wooden guardian lions (fu lions or foo dogs
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Garniture Clock Set
Located in Palm Beach, FL
doré' mounts.
(Turquoise foo dogs Chinese export; turquoise flowers and ormolu mounts French)
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Bronze
$2,950 / set
Antique French Turquoise Blue Glazed Foo Fu Dog Candlesticks
Located in Toronto, ON
elegance, featuring mythical Foo Dogs—guardians of protection—resting amidst delicate porcelain flowers and
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Brass
A Japanese Meiji Period Patinated Bronze Censer
Located in Stamford, CT
A Japanese Meiji censer rising on three stylized Foo Dogs feet with Frog form handles. Censer
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Bronze
Carved Teak Wood Chinese and Soapstone Stand
Located in Toledo, OH
Hand carved teak stand with soapstone top, circa 1930s. Details of foo dogs and grapes with paw
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Chinese Chippendale Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Teak
Pair of Javanese Red and Giltwood Temple Doors
Located in Queens, NY
having a head centered by 2 foo dogs with floral carved doors and frame (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
Late 18th Century Javanese Tibetan Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Large Japanese Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th century Japanese vases with Foo Dogs on lids. The body with design of fabric wrapped
Category
19th Century Antique Foo Dogs
$12,000 / set
Chinese Export Pigskin Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Chinese export pigskin box now on custom made stand as a side table. Early 20th century. Foo dogs
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Animal Skin
$412 Sale Price
54% Off
Pair of 18th Century Japanese Imari Lidded Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
peacocks, flowers and foo dogs.
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
$11,670 / set
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Jars with Lids - A Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
finial on top. In Chinese culture, foo dogs are believed to ward off evil spirits and bring good fortune
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Japanese Satsuma Colorful Foo Dog Statue
Located in Pomona, CA
Fabulous colorful hand painted Satsuma porcelain foo dogs from Japan feature a colorful decoration
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Ceramic
Large Japanese Meiji Period Imari Vase, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
motif and inset panels painting of playful Foo Dogs.
Japan, Meiji period, late 19th century
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Black Bronze Japanese Candleholders Incense Burner
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
period Japanese heavy black bronze candlesticks incense burner, censer decorated with Foo dogs, dragon
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Blue and White crackle ware vase / lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
and child speaking to a traveller, a pair of ring drop bronzed handles in the mouths of Foo Dogs
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
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 Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th C. Tibetan Carved Wood
Polychromed Foo/ Guardian /Temple Dogs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
dogs. These mythical Buddhist temple dogs, also known as "foo dogs" or "lion dogs," are beautifully
Category
19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Wood
Rare 19th Century Japanese Imari Lidded Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A rare and unusual 19th century Japanese Imari lidded vase having a `foo dogs to the lid and
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Blue and White Vase with Celadon Cast and Foo Dog Handles
Located in Tampa, FL
glaze, adding depth and softness to the overall tone. The form is flanked by a pair of sculpted foo dogs
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Silver Belt Buckle with Samurais, Woshing Shanghai
Located in Esbjerg, DK
riding on Foo Dogs/Lions on a matte textured background. Very fine details and clear hallmarks to its
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Silver
$643 Sale Price
20% Off
Qing Style Cloisonné Center Table
Located in Houston, TX
symbolism including happiness characters, foo dogs for protection, clouds for celestial mobility of the gods
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Bronze
20C Chinese Soapstone Foo Dog Carving
Located in Dallas, TX
reticulated vase/urn and flanked by a pair of classic Foo Dogs with floral scrolling motifs.
Heart shaped
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Soapstone
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Carved Stone Foo Dog Guardian Lion Sculpture
Located in Yonkers, NY
, reminding us of its celestial aspect and enhancing the dynamism of the statue. In tradition foo dogs lions
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Stone
A Large Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Decorated Gilt Foo Dog Handle Vases
Located in New York, NY
, and blues, complemented by ornate gilded handles in the form of foo dogs, adding a dramatic, three
Category
1880s Chinese Qing Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Monumental Early 20th Century Concrete Foo Dog Guardian Lions
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
.
Traditionally placed in pairs to guard entrances, Foo Dogs (also known as Fu Lions or Imperial Guardian Lions
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Concrete
Colorful Large Pair of Famille Rose Baluster Vases
Located in Palm Beach, FL
porcelain gilded dragon reliefs at the shoulders and double foo dogs on the sides of the neck.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Hand-Carved Foo Dog Sculpture Mounted on Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
on a black custom made base. As is common with foo dogs, his mouth is open. The name foo dog is
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Stone
Antique Chinese Bronze Foo Dog Sculpture with good detail, Qing 19th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
good and varied depth of colour to the metal.
Notes: Foo dogs are symbolic, protective statues, and
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Japanese Bronze Koro or Incense Burner
Located in Stamford, CT
base. Three legs topped with horned and other demons standing on upside down foo dogs. Elephant heads
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Bronze
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Asian Tabouret Side Table Black and Gold, Burma
Located in New York, NY
scene) and around base (foo dogs and boarder details); the black and gold are a beautiful, striking
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Wood, Paint
French 19th century Porcelain and Ormolu garniture set, stamped S.F.R.A.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
display platform at each side. Above sit two intricately detailed Turquoise Porcelain Foo dogs, one with
Category
19th Century French Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Ormolu
Large Antique Qianlong 18th C Chinese Porcelain Blue White Plate/Charger China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
floral scene and the border also has small Foo dogs/Qilin. Unmarked at the base.
Additional information
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
$1,598 Sale Price
20% Off
Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Dish Kakiemon or Arita Animal Flowers, 1680-1710
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
floral scene and the border also has small Foo dogs/Qilin. Unmarked at the base.
Additional information
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Porcelain
$1,319 Sale Price
39% Off
19th Century Chinese Guardian Lions in Original Condition
Located in Kramfors, SE
sometime during the 19th century in China. The guardian lions are sometimes referred to as foo dogs or lion
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Wood
Pair Of Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Foo Lion Censers
Located in Norwood, NJ
colloquially in English as 'foo dogs' – are said to protect the entrance of a building from threats both
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Ming Dynasty Period Male Foo Dog Guardian Lion Hand-Carved Sculpture
Located in Yonkers, NY
female guardian lion would have protected a cub. As is common with foo dogs, his mouth is open, exposing
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Foo Dogs
Materials
Stone
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There is a range of antique foo dogs for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique foo dogs was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, porcelain and wood. Antique foo dogs have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique foo dogs are generally popular furniture pieces, but Folk Art, Hollywood Regency and Mid-Century Modern styles are often sought at 1stDibs.
How Much are Antique Foo Dogs?
Antique foo dogs can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,800, while the lowest priced sells for $100 and the highest can go for as much as $135,000.
Questions About Antique Foo Dogs
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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