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Han Dynasty Pottery Sculpture of a Winged Lion Bixie Mythical Beast TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
A Large Han Dynasty Terracotta sculpture of a Mythical Beast. TL Tested
I cant emphasize how rare this item is and predict it will not last long. The condition is extraordinary with...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Monumental Early 20th Century Concrete Foo Dog Guardian Lions
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
A striking and substantial pair of early 20th century Chinese Foo Dog guardian lions, cast in solid
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Statues
Materials
Concrete
Rare and Important Pair of Early 20th Century Chinese Export Foo Dogs
Located in Dublin, IE
the Majolica style green, yellow and aubergine glaze.
Chinese Foo Dogs
Imperial guardian lions
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Mid Century Modern Hand Glazed Porcelain Chinese Foo Dog Bookends
Located in Dallas, TX
painted in white and hints of black. In traditional Chinese belief, depictions of the Lion Buddha are
Category
Vintage 1960s Chinese Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Kerosene Lamps with Birds in Chinese Style
Located in Paris, FR
patina. Each oil lamp rests on four legs toppd by a Foo dog. Foo Dogs or Chinese guardian lions are a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Hand-Carved Foo Dog Sculpture Mounted on Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
black custom made base. Created in China during the 19th century this foo dog sculpture features a lion
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone
Antique PAIR of Chinese Bronze Foo Dogs with Good Detail and colour, early 20thC
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a very good pair of antique Ming style Chinese foo or lion dog sculptures, sometimes
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Carved Jadeite Guanyin with Cat, Mounted as a Lamp, Circa 1920s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
deeply symbolic animal in Chinese culture. Unlike lions or mythical creatures, the cat symbolizes
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Bronze
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 Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze, Metal, Brass
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Stone
Pair of Antique Chinese Bronze Urns on Columns
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
.
Originating in China, foo dogs resemble Chinese guardian lions, representing prosperity, success, and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Urns
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Pair of 1970s blue ceramic foo dog lamps vintage chinese
Located in Nicolosi, IT
lamps features a striking design inspired by the legendary Chinese guardian lions, symbolizing
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric
Chinese Export Famille Verte Porcelain
French Ormolu Chinoiserie Centerpiece
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
acanthus rim. The two ends with a projected mask of Chinese Imperial lions or foo dogs, surmounted and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Ormolu
$28,950 Sale Price
40% Off
Samson Porcelain Armorial Cup and Saucer in Chinese Taste, Paris Circa 1870
By Edmé Samson
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good fluted porcelain armorial tea cup and saucer in the Chinese taste with an
Category
Antique 19th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Pair of Decorative Foo Dogs Sculptures Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking pair of Chinese Guardian lions, also known as Food Dogs, beautifully rendered in a rich
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Bookends
Materials
Resin
Asian Green Ceramic Lidded Urns
Located in Atlanta, GA
Asian green glazed ceramic lidded urns or ginger jars with lion finials, Chinese, circa 1950s. The
Category
Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$1,550 / set
17th Century Ming Dynasty Hand Carved Stone Garden Stool / Side Table #2 of pair
Located in Wainscott, NY
guardian lion - are characteristic of traditional Chinese decorative stonework. These types of pieces are
Category
Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Stone
$2,587 Sale Price
60% Off
Cast Iron Foo Dog Sculpture
Located in Asheville, NC
This cast iron piece features a statuary male Chinese guardian Lion (Foo Dog) proudly balancing
Category
20th Century Chinese Metalwork
Materials
Iron
17th Century Ming Dynasty Hand Carved Stone Garden Stool / Side Table #1
Located in Wainscott, NY
guardian lion - are characteristic of traditional Chinese decorative stonework. These types of pieces are
Category
Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Stone, Limestone, Granite
$3,168 Sale Price
51% Off
QING DYNASTY 19th Century Carved Foo-Dog Censer With Cover Lid In White Marble
Located in Miami, FL
freely hanging from their mouths.
Foo-Dogs
They are actually lions. They originated in China, Shi
Category
Antique 1890s Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Marble
$1,118 Sale Price / set
20% Off
QING DYNASTY 20th Century Carved Tiger
s Eye Foo-Dog Censer With Cover Lid
Located in Miami, FL
actually lions. They originated in China, Shi meaning lion or Sishi or stone lion. Foo Dogs are symbolic
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Multi-gemstone
$1,198 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of James Mont Asian Modern Brass Lamps
By James Mont, The Marbro Lamp Company, Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Houston, TX
lamps feature Chinese characters, Greek keys and lion heads handles. This great pair of midcentury brass
Category
Vintage 1960s Chinese Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
$2,850 / set
Carved Wood Foo Dog Decorative Cigar, Cigarette or 420 Ashtray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carved Chinese Foo Dog Cigar, cigarette, 420 Ashtray, or Incense Burner - Chinese Guardian Lion.
A
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Ashtrays
Materials
Wood
Vintage Glazed Ceramic Foo Dogs - A Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
modern take on the traditional Chinese guardian lion, each statue boasts a dramatic two-tone glaze
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Hollywood Regency Models and Miniatures
Materials
Earthenware
$2,250 / set
Late Qing Dynasty Hunting Folding Chair
Located in Charleston, SC
lively Qilin (Chinese unicorn), lotus blooms, Buddhist lions among other bears of luck.
This hunting
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Asian Modern Brass Lamps by James Mont
By Chapman Manufacturing Company, The Marbro Lamp Company, Frederick Cooper, James Mont, Wildwood Lamp Company
Located in Houston, TX
lamps feature Chinese characters, Greek keys and lion and lion heads handles. This great pair of brass
Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
$2,850 / set
A Japanese Fluted Imari Vase with Mark and Metal Cover, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
jade green lappets centred by gilt shisa (the Japanese variant of Chinese guardian lions), the central
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Regency Tole Chestnut Urn
Located in Pasadena, CA
decorated in Chinese motifs with lion head and ring side handles. The painted decoration, which remains in
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Urns
Materials
Brass, Tin
Art Déco German Painted Porcelain Foo Dog Perfume Lamp/Incense Burner by Aerozon
By Aerozon
Located in North Miami, FL
Chinoiserie motifs popularized in German Art Déco. Molded as a chinese guardian lion (or 'foo dog') with head
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Lost Wax Cast Bronze Foo Dog Sculptures with Bronze Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
made in the west. In reality these imperial Chinese guardians are lions, which were believed to have
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinoiserie Style Lapis Lazuli and Gilt Bronze Urn
Located in London, GB
(Chinese imperial lions) with rings in their mouths. The urn stands on a gilt bronze base set on four C
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Vases
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu, Bronze
Antique American Robert Mitchell Carved Chinoiserie Savonarola Dragon Chair 1900
Located in Portland, OR
terminals, each with a pearl of wisdom in it's mouth. The front of the seat having a carved Chinese temple
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$2,396 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Screen Painting with Chinese Lions
Located in New York, NY
mythological Chinese lion dogs, or Shi Shi, amongst peonies on a gold leaf background with embossed signature
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Ink
A Pair of Chinese Marble Lion Dogs
Located in Seattle, WA
A pair of massive marble Chinese lion dogs. The finely carved pair, which would have originally
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Garden Ornaments
Materials
Marble
$11,000 / set
Antique Blue Beijing Throw Rug Temple Lion Fo Dog Chinese Mystical Animal Qing
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
Vintage Peking throw rug with Asian temple lion design. Buddhist serenity in a meditative piece
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
English Agate Teapot
Located in New York, NY
feet and Chinese lion finial
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
$9,500
Paul Frankl Chinese deco cabinet brown saltzman
By Paul Frankl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
with a chinese lion head handle).
the doors and the sides are giltwood(ridged) and the top and
Category
Vintage 1950s American Cabinets
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Staffordshire Solid Agate Teapot
By Staffordshire
Located in Shakespeare, ON
Each foot is a lion’s head and paws. There is a Chinese lion finial on the lid. Agateware is
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Fish Porcelain Basin
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
Chinese lions shape. Work in the 1723-1735 Chinese YONGZHENG period style. Maison Sanson in Paris 1845
Category
Antique 19th Century French Porcelain
$14,238
Chinese
Guardian Lion
Door Panel
Located in Woodbury, CT
sentry lions among foliage on a solid red background. The surrounding pierce-carved framing is ebonised
Category
Antique 1830s Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Chinese Sancai Glazed Ceramic Guardian Lion
Located in Sheffield, MA
Large and antique Chinese Sancai glazed pottery guardian lion, its mouth drawn back in a snarl
Category
Antique 1860s Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Soapstone Guardian Lion Chop Seal
Located in Cookeville, TN
lion. All 4 sides are blank as well as the bottom.
History of the Chinese chop seal. Chop seals
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Asian Art, Objects and Fu...
Materials
Soapstone
Pair of Chinese Ceramic Buddhistic Lions
Located in Sheffield, MA
Pair of large fierce-looking and colorful Chinese Ming style pottery Buddhistic lions or foo dogs
Category
Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese Export Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Carved Serpentine Stone Guardian Lions
Located in Cookeville, TN
Offering this pair of stunning carved serpentine guardian lions. On rectangular plinths with
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Animal Sculptures
Materials
Serpentine
19th Century Chinese Standing Export Foo Lion
Located in Chamblee, GA
19th century Chinese standing export Foo Lion, no chips, cracks or repairs.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Guardian Foo Lion Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Chinese "Guardian Foo Lion" resin sculpture on a black wood plinth.
Category
Vintage 1950s Chinoiserie Animal Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Wood
Vintage Ceramic Chinese Foo Dog Guardian Lion
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
looking decorative Chinese guardian lion statue.
Category
20th Century Chinese Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Massive Chinese 19th Century Hardwood Lion Dog
Located in Berwickshire, GB
A massive and fierce Chinese dense hardwood statue of foo dog, 19th century. Extremely well carved
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair Chinese Porcelain Blanc de Chine Foo Lions
Located in New York, NY
Pair 12 inch Chinese Porcelain Blanc de Chine Foo Lions as covered boxes
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Ceramics
Qing Dynasty -China -Carved Stone Guardian Lion
Located in Hudson, NY
expertly carved lion with great details all the way around.The color is a light grey with a light
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Sculptures
SET OF FOUR CHINESE GLAZED FU LIONS
Located in San Francisco, CA
each fantastic figure with mottled green, ocher, and brown glaze; the well defined lions with
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Figurative Sculptures
Matched Pair Of Chinese Buddhist Lion Incense Holders
Located in Wilton, CT
Matched Pair of Chinese Buddhist Lions Decorated in Three-Color (Sancai) Glaze
The Male Shown with
Category
Chinese Figurative Sculptures
Chinese Shiwan Pottery Ornamental Guardian Lion, Mid-20th Century
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Chinese Shiwan pottery ornamental guardian lion, mid-20th century in excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Chinese Blue Decorated Lion Temple Jars
Located in Stamford, CT
jar features Buddhist style lion finials. The bodies of the jars are applied with lion's head motifs
Category
20th Century Chinese Jars
Materials
Pottery
$1,800 / set
Chinese Winged Lion Reticulated Cloisonné Qing Dynasty Incense Burner 18th Cen
Located in London, GB
An important Chinese square shaped Cloisonné Qing Dynasty incense burner, depicated with lion
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Chinese Baluster Lamp with Temple Lions
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A magnificently chased and decorated baluster face with guardian temple lions (i.e. shi, or foo
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Carved Jade Figure of a Buddhistic Lion Supporting a Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese carved jade figure of a buddhistic lion supporting a vase, late Qing Dynasty.
The high
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Jade
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There is a range of Chinese lions for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique Chinese lions was constructed with extraordinary care, often using stone, ceramic and metal. Find 177 antique and vintage Chinese lions at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 7 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. Chinese lions have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Chinese lions are generally popular furniture pieces, but Mid-Century Modern, Folk Art and Modern styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Chinese lions have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Modshop and Ren Hui are consistently popular.
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The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $2,400, while they’re typically $128 on the low end and $180,000 highest priced.
Questions About Chinese Lions
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Chinese guardian lions are called shishi or stone lions. In English, they are colloquially referred to as lion dogs or foo dogs. Shishi are typically made out of stone. On 1stDibs, find your own stone lions from top sellers around the world.
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