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Vintage Ceramic Pair of Guardian Chinese Dragon, Foo Dog Lion, 1970s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Chinese Porcelain Foo Dogs Set of two with black eyes and open mouth.
These turquoise Foo Dogs
Category
Vintage 1970s Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Dragon Foo Dog Shakudo Earrings Samurai Warrior Japan 14 Karat Gold Victorian
Located in New York, NY
This is a very rare pair of Antique Shakudo Earrings from Japan depicting a Foo Dog or Dragon
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Aesthetic Movement Dangle Earrings
Materials
Gold, 14k Gold, Mixed Metal, Shakudo
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W 0.6 in L 2 in
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Box Dragon, Foo Dog, Phoenix Bird, Butte
Located in New York, NY
, The piece is decorated with cloisonne enamel depictions of dragons, phoenix bird, flowers against the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
No Reserve
H 4 in W 4.75 in D 2.063 in
PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY CHINESE DRAGON FOO DOG GOLD SILVER STITCH SILK EMBROIDERIEs
Located in GB
original circa 1880 Chinese gold and silver threaded tapestry on silk depicting Chinese Foo Dog's and
Category
Antique 1880s Chinese Chinoiserie Textiles
Materials
Silk
H 26.5 in W 10.95 in D 1.58 in
Thai Siam Khmer Bronze Gilt Singha Imperial Lion Foo Dog Temple Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
lion/dragon/foo dog. This piece has a wonderful patina and heft to it.
Likely mid to late 20th
Category
20th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Chinese Mid-Late 19th Century Blue & White Vase Lamp
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
vase with a large dragon, foo dog & boar, as well as phoenix birds & peonies. Carved wood vase with
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Judith Leiber Chinese Foo Dog Dragon Minaudiere Evening Bag
By Judith Leiber
Located in Kingston, NY
Judith Leiber Couture, United States. Chinese Ming foo dog gold-tone metal minaudiere clutch bag
Category
20th Century American Novelty Bags
2 Vintage Chinese Hammered Brass Nesting Foo Dog Planters Jardinieres Cachepots
Located in Dayton, OH
round form with hammered dovetailed body that features copper foo dog / dragon / lion ring handles
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Brass
H 8 in W 12.25 in D 12.25 in
3 Vintage Chinese Hammered Brass Nesting Foo Dog Planters Jardinieres Cachepots
Located in Dayton, OH
form with hammered dovetailed body that features foo dog / dragon / lion ring handles. The smallest
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Brass
H 13 in W 20 in D 20 in
4 Vintage Chinese Hammered Brass Nesting Foo Dog Planters Jardinieres Cachepots
Located in Dayton, OH
form with hammered dovetailed body that features foo dog / dragon / lion ring handles. The smallest
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Brass
H 13 in W 20 in D 20 in
3 Vintage Chinese Hammered Brass Nesting Foo Dog Planters Jardinieres Cachepots
Located in Dayton, OH
featuring round form with hammered dovetailed body that features foo dog / dragon / lion ring handles. The
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Brass
H 13 in W 20 in D 20 in
Important Antique Japanese Meiji Satsuma Covered Urn Vase with Foo Dog
By Satsuma
Located in Atlanta, GA
hand-painted Lohan scenes with gilt accents and has upturned handles and a lid with a Foo dog or dragon
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
H 18.5 in W 12.63 in D 8.69 in
Pair of 19th Century Temple Jars, Lidded, Chinoiserie Foo Dog Finials, 19th C.
Located in Stamford, CT
, flowers and geometric designs. Each signed on the front. The pair having Foo Dog Lids. This large and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Asian Chinoiserie Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Decorated Porcelain Vases w/ Foo Dog Handles 1800s
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite Pair of Century Chinese Famille Rose Decorated Porcelain Vases with Striking Foo Dog
Category
Antique 1860s Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Gold
Antique Chinese Dragon Wedding Basket
Located in Point Richmond, CA
blossoming prunus, a panel with the other four of the eight immortals and a foo dog with a ball above. The
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Baskets
Materials
Bamboo
Chinese Yuan-Style Dark Blue and White Dragon Porcelain Pot
Located in New York, NY
white shape of a dragon and accented with foo dog ornamentation along the sides.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Yuan Style White and Blue Dragon Motif Porcelain Pot
Located in New York, NY
blue dragon on the body and decorative symbols around the neck, and accented with foo dog doorknocker
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Massive Pair of Chinese Pink and White Dragon Porcelain Planters, Republic
Located in New York, NY
form of majestic foo-dog heads. These mythical guardians, steeped in ancient symbolism, bring an aura
Category
20th Century Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
No Reserve
H 22 in Dm 24 in
Four Antique Qing Dynasty Chinese Carved Rosewood Side Dining Dragon Chairs 1880
Located in Portland, OR
wisdom, to each side of the crest is a carved foo dog finial. The seat backs having carved panels with
Category
Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
H 38.25 in W 17.25 in D 19 in
Pair of Mid-20th Century Chinese Blue and White Dragon Porcelain Vases with Lid
Located in Pomona, CA
-painted with a traditional decoration of Foo Dog and flower on the lid and Dragon, Floral design on the
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Blue and White Lidded Temple / Ginger Jars
Located in Houston, TX
intricate dragon motifs, symbolizing strength and power, while their lids boast majestic foo dog handles
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinoiserie Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of Chinese Candle Holders in a Patinated Verdagris Finish
Located in Dallas, TX
. These large and impressive candle holders have three foo dog legs and a dragon wrapped around the column
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Ming Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Large Chinese Blue and White Vases with Covers
Located in London, GB
, each depicting dragons and the covers with dog of foo finials.
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Celadon and Tonal Pattern Porcelain Pot
Located in New York, NY
the entirety of its bulbous form and accented with foo dog door knocker ornamentation along the sides.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Large Chinese Bronze Censer Incense Burner
Located in Stamford, CT
Early 20th Century large bronze censer on three legs with a foo dog sitting on top and Chinese
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
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 / Three-Piece Chinese Garniture Set
Located in Dallas, TX
jar has gilded applied dragon handles with foo dog finial on top
Pair of vases:
14.5" H x 7" W x 4
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large Canton Style Chinese Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
decorated with various Chinese motifs. Each has double twin foo dog handles applied to the sides and dragons
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Post Modern Travertine End Tables, circa 1980s
Located in Saint Louis, MO
currently available in our shop -
Stiffel Brass Foo Dog Dragon Chinoiserie Lamp
Omersa / Abercrombie & Fitch
Category
Vintage 1980s Philippine Post-Modern Side Tables
Materials
Travertine
Pair of Antique Chinese Export Famille Rose Canton Orange Ground Vases or Urns
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, and yellow tones on a dark orange 'fish scale' ground.
Figural foo dog or dragon handles flank the
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Hand Painted Rose Medallion Temple Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
hand made and hand painted at about 1910 - 1920 with gilt foo dog handles and dragons to neck and
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
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
Chinese Export Large Vase Rose Medallion Porcelain, Qing Circa 1850
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
with gold Foo Dog side handles. This is a well potted heavy vase indicative of the earlier Canton
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Chinoiserie Ormolu and Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Graniture
Located in New York, NY
between and around all the flowers and wildlife. The foo dog, vines and leaves, and dragons could be found
Category
Antique 1860s French Chinoiserie Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
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
Large Antique Japanese Meiji Satsuma Covered Urn Vase with Foo Dog, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
a lid with a foo dog or dragon figural finial. The urn is raised on three shaped legs with animal
Category
Antique 19th Century Asian Vases
Materials
Porcelain
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H 23 in W 12.5 in D 11 in
1920s Fierce Mystical Chinese Brass Dragon Floor Lamp
Located in Mount Penn, PA
, made during the 1920s-1930s this is an interesting floor lamp with Foo dog face and foot feet. Would
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinoiserie Floor Lamps
Fine Antique Samarkand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
HIGHLY UNUSUAL PATTERN WITH FOO DOG & DRAGONS
Category
Antique 19th Century Turkestan Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Silk
Large Chinese Style Cloissonie Charger
Located in Woodbury, CT
motifs of clouds, foo dogs and dragons, in varying colors, centered by a darker blue foo dog. Though
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Cloissone Lidded Bronze Urn
Located in Woodbury, CT
This urn is topped with a foo dog finial. The ground color is deep red/brown. Two yellow dragons
Category
20th Century Chinese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Export Rose Medallion Tall Vases
Located in Sheffield, MA
Pair of Chinese Export porcelain rose medallion tall open vases with applied gilded foo dog handles
Category
Antique 1860s Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Carved Jade Figure of a Buddhistic Lion Supporting a Vase
Located in New York, NY
dog or foo lion in the West, is portrayed mid stride, head turned, mouth open. His lush mane flows
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Jade
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
Exotic C.1970 Crown Trifari Dragon Foo Dog Collar Necklace
By Trifari
Located in Atlanta, GA
Trifari's use of lipstick red enamel decoration on this gold metal 1970's dragon pendant necklace
Category
Vintage 1960s American Modernist Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Gilt Metal
Foo Dog Chinese Art Deco Rug
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Art Deco rug featuring a dragon foo dog.
Category
Vintage 1940s Chinese Chinese Export Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Chinese Black Porcelain Dragon Lamp with Foo Dog Handles
Located in West Hartford, CT
Elegant hand-painted Chinese porcelain dragon lamp with foo dogs at handles. Shade measures 14" D x
Category
Vintage 1950s Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Pair of Late 19th-Early 20th Century Chinese Iron Foo Dog Dragons
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality pair of late 19th-early 20th century Chinese iron foo dog dragons.
Each dragon
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Belle Époque Andirons
Materials
Iron
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
Cloisonne Foo Dog Figure on Stand
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Turquoise decorated with deep blue dragons and red bats, gilt mane, muzzle, toes and collar. The
Category
20th Century Asian Chinese Export Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Chinese Qing Silver Plated Bronze Foo Dog Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Chinese late Qing dynasty pair of table lamps with silver plated bronze foo dogs or foo dragons
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved Redwood Dragon and Lion Foo Dogs Armchair circa 1870
Located in GB
lacquered dragon and Lion Foo dog throne armchair
A really rare an expertly hand-carved piece, the detail
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Armchairs
Materials
Elm
H 31.89 in W 24.61 in D 22.05 in
Chinese Vase with Dancing Dragon
Located in Dallas, TX
Dimensions: 12"h x 4"diameter at the top 5"diameter at the base
yellow band around the base
Foo dog
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Ceramics
Pair of Large Lively Buddha’s Lions / Foo Dogs Ceramic Sculptures
Located in Guaynabo, PR
ball (male) and the other (female) shares the ball with a puppy foo dog. They have big expressive
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic
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
Pair of Blue and White Lidded Palace Urns with Dragons
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of palace urns with a bold scale and featuring foo dog handles on top as guardians and hand
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Tripod Censor and Dragon Finial Cover
Located in New York, NY
. The compressed globular body raised on three cabriole legs issuing from gilt-bronze foo-dog masks and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Bronze
Antique Samson Famille Rose Dragon Vases 19th Century from France Chinese
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
at the holes at the back. Foo dog lower mouth is restored, also the tongue.
Size fountain + lid
Category
Antique 19th Century French Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
H 18.9 in Dm 10.24 in L 18.9 in
Pair 19th Century Qing Dynasty Carved Rosewood Chinese Dragon Throne Chairs
Located in GB
rosewood dragon and lion foo dog throne armchairs
Please note the delivery fee is just a guide, for an
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
H 45.67 in W 25.79 in D 22.05 in
Large Famille Rose Covered Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
A large famille rose covered vase with applied dragons at neck. Foo dog at top
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Chinese Rose Medallion Vases
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair Chinese Rose Medallion vases. Baluster form vases, applied foo dog handles and dragons, genre
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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Find many varieties of an authentic dragon foo dog available at 1stDibs. A dragon foo dog — often made from ceramic, porcelain and metal — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect dragon foo dog — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Many designers have produced at least one well-made dragon foo dog over the years, but those crafted by Edwin Cole, Satsuma and Stiffel are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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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