Vintage patinated foo dog with gold accent, real or fake?

[Gem Anderson]

Hi,

This came to us from an estate sale. I found a posting from something similar that was on Etsy, but the listing is no longer on Etsy. Attached are photos an a screen cap of the Pinterest post we have.

Can anyone weigh in on whether this is an antique, or a quality vintage reproduction that has some value?

Much appreciated!

Gem

 

[Icewing]

Etsy and Pintrest are the two biggest dead ends of the internet.

 

[Icewing]

I found one that was listed on eBay for $30 which seem like a common value for other Foo guardians

https://m.ebay.ca/itm/ANTIQUE-THAI-FOO-DOG-GREEN-Gold-Guardian-Lion-Statue-/151821845372?_mwBanner=1

 

[DCMatt]

From my experience, you can foo some of the people some of the time, even if they have a foo guardian.


In other words... I don't know. But that will still look cool in your front entry way.

 

[Gem Anderson]

Whoops! New member, removed duplicate post!

 

[Gem Anderson]

This ebay link:

antique chinese bronze with gold ?? guardian lions foo dog Tóngsh? komainu ?? | eBay

is more similar to our item. Theirs is smaller, 7.5" compared to 16". They give no age estimate, though. Only "age unknown".