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A PAIR OF GILT-LACQUERED WOOD GUARDIAN FIGURES
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY
Each standing atop a rockwork base and wearing full, elaborate armor, with a monster mask at the waist and repeated as epaulets on the shoulders, one guardian with scowling expression below his official's cloth cap, the other figure holding a ball in one hand, the other resting on his hip, his face with benign expression framed by his helmet, extensive red lacquer and gilding remaining, losses--48 and 50 in. (122 and 127cm.) high (2)
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY
Each standing atop a rockwork base and wearing full, elaborate armor, with a monster mask at the waist and repeated as epaulets on the shoulders, one guardian with scowling expression below his official's cloth cap, the other figure holding a ball in one hand, the other resting on his hip, his face with benign expression framed by his helmet, extensive red lacquer and gilding remaining, losses--48 and 50 in. (122 and 127cm.) high (2)