Description: Pair of Vintage MCM Porcelain Turquoise Chinese Foo Dogs Highly desirable and collectable, this design with the female's young climbing up one leg is a rare find Each Foo Dog measures 9.5" high x 3 1/2" wide x 3" deep. Each Foo Dog weighs in at 1 lb, 13 oz. Both statues had blue felt applied to the bottoms. They may have even come that way. Foo Dogs are always displayed in pairs, a male and a female, the male slightly taller with his paw on a globe and the female with her paw on a sleeping pup or cub. Foo dogs are actually Chinese Guardian Lions. It is Westerners who named them Foo dogs. Some also call them Fu dogs. Yet others may call them Buddha dogs. The Chinese will most often refer to them as Shi which means lion. In Japan Foo dogs are known as Komainu. Foo dogs which are placed inside or outside a building are meant to protect your home or workplace from negative energy. It is said these guardian lions will stop anyone with malicious intentions from entering your home. For example envious people or people looking to bad mouth you in any way or people who want to crush your dreams and plans for a better future with their comments. The open mouth of a Foo dog traditionally wards off evil spirits, and the closed mouth ones keep good spirits in.
Price: 150 USD
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
End Time: 2025-01-08T13:30:33.000Z
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Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
Country/Region of Manufacture: China
Culture: Chinese
Handmade: Yes
