TANG DYNASTY
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A PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED AND PAINTED POTTERY LOKAPALA FIGURES
tang dynasty
Each with unglazed head and stern mustachioed features, one wearing a helmet and the other with hair swept up into a high topknot, modelled standing on the heads and backs of recumbent horned bulls with one hand raised and clenched and the other on their hip, wearing full armour with breastplates and dragon shoulder-masks, supported on pierced rockwork bases, some restoration
33in. (84cm.) high (2)
tang dynasty
Each with unglazed head and stern mustachioed features, one wearing a helmet and the other with hair swept up into a high topknot, modelled standing on the heads and backs of recumbent horned bulls with one hand raised and clenched and the other on their hip, wearing full armour with breastplates and dragon shoulder-masks, supported on pierced rockwork bases, some restoration
33in. (84cm.) high (2)