Decoration china antique chinese style natural white marble foo dogs lions statues

For the natural white marble foo dogs statue,
size: 200cm height
MOQ: 1 pair

Marble antique foo dog is representative image of pre-modern China. They are said to have a powerful protective effect. They are always shown in pairs with male and female lions. The male mouse has a globe under its big paw, and the female mouse has a smaller lion under its paw. This is the embodiment of Yin and Yang, with the female representing Yin and the male representing Yang.

According to feng shui, the correct placement of lions is important for effect. When viewing the building from the protected entrance, the male is placed on the left and the female on the right, in the same direction as the lion. When viewing the entrance from the outside of the building facing the lion, the male lion is on the right and the female lion is on the left.

These pairs marble chinese foo dogs are our stocks products, all carved by hand, with very delicate detail, we have 80cm height, 100cm, 120cm, 150cm, 200cm…various size stocks for your reference. also can custom size depends on your requests.

Foo dogs are actually lions. They originated in China, shi, meaning lion or shishi or stone lion. Yet they resemble the Chow Chow and Shih Tzu which led them to be called foo dogs (or fu dogs) in English. Foo dogs were originally displayed outdoors.