antique chinese style bronze temple guardian lions shishi lions foo dogs imperial lions pair 17cm 9 Bodhi Antique Baphuon Style Stone Lakshmi

Antique Baphuon Style Stone Lakshmi / Devi Consort of Vishnu Statue - 55cm/22"

Nandi is the traditional Bull mount of Shiva

and is associated with prosperity

Known as the "Destroyer" among the Hindu Trinity

She wears a richly bejewelled dhotis and upavitas

antique chinese style bronze temple guardian lions shishi lions foo dogs imperial lions pair 17cm 9 Bodhi Antique Baphuon Style Stone LakshmiAntique Chinese Style Bronze Temple Guardian Lions Foo Dogs Imperial Lions (Pair) 16. 5cm 7" Measures (Height) 16. 5cm 7" A pair of bronze antique Chinese style Temple Guardian lions, Imperial Guardian lions, Shishi Lions or Foo Dogs. Since the introduction of the lion symbolism from Indian culture especially through Buddhist symbolism, statues of guardian lions have traditionally stood in front of Chinese Imperial palaces, Imperial tombs, government