Many old houses and important buildings were guarded by stone images that represented protection by the other world. If your tastes run to statuary and want to explore the idea of decorating your house with silent guardians, consider the following:

Fu Dog (also known as Fu Lion, Foo Dog, lion of Buddha, Shishi or Imperial Guardian Lion):

Fu Dogs come in pairs, and female (characterized by the single cub in his left foot) guards the people living inside the house, while men (whose right paw rests on a ball) guards the home itself. Chinese Fu dogs were actually paintings of lions, but as lions are native to China, the original artists had to use the model closer to hand, that domestic dogs have been used for more purposes care.

Sphinx:

Sphinxes are figures of lions with human heads, which were the guardians of the important structures. The most famous sphinx guards the pyramids of Giza. Another famous Oedipus sphinx was defeated by hitting his enigma. Egypt is not the only home of the Sphinx, is also known to India, Burma, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The Sphinx is a guardian of secrets, knowledge and power.

Gargoyle:

The word "gargoyle" sounds Gothic and mysterious, but it came from the French "gargouille" which means "throat" or "gargle". This is because the origins earlier this stone image was the decoration of a water pipe that led from the roof away from the sides of a building. However, they were also used for protection, to ward off evil spirits. This is why so many depictions of gargoyles are ugly, fantastic creatures.

Grotesque (Chimera):

"Grotesque" is what distinguishes architecture gargoyles statues was not designed like a whirlwind. The term comes from Latin, sharing his home with "cave", ie a small hollow. It can be as bizarre as the name claims, with many goblins and creatures appear darkest male fantasies of a world beyond.

Men with long swords:

Guerrero tutors is to ensure the temples and tombs in China for millennia. They represented many different beings, symbols of long-dead armies representations of gods who granted the house for their protection. Some legends held that if the house was threatened, the warriors wake up from their sleep of stone to defend it.

Since many cultures will not be happy if you take their sacred statues home after a tour, is the fate of many companies advertising on the Internet today make replicas of many ancient artifacts. If you do a search on the type of tutor you want, you will probably find many ways to indulge their tastes.

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One of the most favorite for the craftsman in porcelain and earthenware, has been toy dogs in particular. In the work of Chinese, has been difficult to distinguish between the lion and the dog. The lion-dog and the dog-"lion's share much Chinese myth. Dogs from A during the reign of K'ang Hsi were the dogs, however, not lions. In the city of Beijing, in 1680 the emperor K'ang His whole imperial oven. At that time it was possible for one million people working in 3,000 porcelain kilns. This production has never been equaled.

Dogs of For, also sometimes called guardian lions, are frequently found, usually in pairs and usually with boys playing ball with traditional weaving and one female with her cubs. Dogs were made for large quantities between 1662 and 1722. They were undoubtedly the type Dogs Pekingese. It has often been told it is very doubtful that the Chinese have seen a real lion during this time referred to these animals as being, like lions, and is much more likely that the dogs of For, although there was something of a lion's eyes were actually dogs and wolves do not.

Ceramic Pugs are considered even more frequently than the type Pekinese dogs of Para. A ceramic artist named Kaendler, who created works in the factory Meissen Pugs often used.

In the eighteenth century Staffordshire potters began to produce models of Pugs. Its initial efforts were not as nice as representations of the pugs. These ceramic pieces are becoming more and more valuable, however, does not resemble the typical model of the Pug. Are paunchy, long in the leg and have expressions peculiar.

French sculptor Francois Roubiliac, created a piece that looked much more like the Pug. The head looks like a Pug. The queue can not be only the right and the legs are still quite long, but this was an improvement on what had been created earlier. It could also be that the models Pugs had the longest legs.

Pugs sculptors are creating today and as time goes on, the pieces continue to seek more and more like a real Pug.

One of the most interesting dogs depicted on porcelain was the dog of Madame de Pompadour, produced in the forest around 1750. It is considered that this piece, if almost certain that the Maltese. The little Maltese is now a rare collector's piece.

The dog toy is another toy dog breed that has been a favorite in the modeling of ceramics in ever. There was a time in most households had a ceramic representation of your dog, or even a couple of dogs, sitting on his mantelpiece. Most of these toy spaniels were more likely, almost certainly Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. They were produced by the thousands, but have great charm. The details of the face were painted hand and each was slightly different. Younger people did most of the work of color in these pieces, which gave the piece an air of fun and young agree with all the character of toy dogs in general.

In the years from 1820 to 1850 the majority of these pieces are sold at country fairs and quality surprisingly high. In early Victorian times almost all houses had pottery figures and the dog, which was as much a part of the life of the peasants, was only a natural choice to become a popular topic for manufacturers of ceramics. Many manufacturers of pottery made dogs, but was potteries of Staffordshire resulting in thousands of people.

Almost every race is based on some or another and no two are ever absolutely identical for each potter and painter with a little style different. They all had some common characteristics. They were usually almost all white with spots and patches of red or gold in their ears and body. In general, there a padlock around his neck and a chain hanging on his chest and back, most often in gold.

What do all these pieces of pottery dogs tell us? We say, not so much about how the dogs seemed at the time, but more than the toy dog in particular, enjoyed great popularity in the nineteenth century. Dogs particularly toy dogs, was both a member of the family as they are now, and probably even more now than then. The pet care industry and animals is one of the most lucrative businesses there in the year 2006.

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