Carved Wood Foo Dog Chop or Stamp nice wooden ox Measures: 11 5/8" wide x

Measures: 11 5/8" wide x  6" deep x 3 1/4" tall

with a small dark spot on one side of the lid and a small water stain at the base of one side and onto the bottom

but might try to sing it a few times first

I don't know who BL is or was

Carved Wood Foo Dog Chop or Stamp nice wooden ox Measures: 11 5/8" wide xPhotos do not quite do justice to the wonderfully fierce little face on this carved wooden dog stamp and his profile is pretty terrific too, with front legs folded closely along his side, as if just waiting to pounce! I believe he represents a "foo dog," or guardian lion, a protective character that originated and became popular in Chinese Buddhism, then spread to other parts of Asia. Based on the characters on the bottom of the stamp, my guess is