ASSORTED CERAMIC GUARDIAN LIONS / FOO DOGS FIGURES, LOT OF FIVE, comprising one blanc de chine joss stick (incense) holder featuring a sitting lion on a rectangular base, one brown-glazed stoneware incense burner recumbent lion, one stoneware mottled brown and green glaze example having tail and hind end raised, one pottery example with partial brown glaze, standing on a rectangular base with collar and tail curled onto back, and one continental porcelain example with bright polychrome glaze standing on an ovoid base with relief cherry blossom decoration. 19th century or earlier. 3 5/8" HOA.
Provenance: From an Arizona estate collection. Pottery example with tail curled onto back retains label stating: Ex-Pearson Collection, Bowdoin College Museum, Brunswick, ME.
Two undamaged; blanc de chine example having hairline to stick holder and minor flake to end of tail; pottery example having minor flake to ear and some minor scattered glaze losses; mottled brown and green glaze example having some professional restoration to tail and chip to one ear.