A top quality set or 3 Chinese porcelain dish with 5 Foo dogs amongst with temple balls. Base has 4 flying bats. China, 19th century.

This scene is usually found on Bleu de Hue porcelain for the Vietnamese market. It is marked with and endless knot at the base.

Foo (Fu) dogs Fu Dog, Foo Dog or Lion Dog, or Chinese Temple Lions. Foo (Fu) means prosperity and good fortune in Chinese. These guardian dogs, also called temple lions, always comes in a pairs and stand to the left and right of entrances. Usually, one is male and the other female. Which gender can be seen by that the female have a puppy under a lifted paw and that the male have a brocade ball.

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