MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

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A PAIR OF LARGE PAINTED STUCCO FIGURES OF GUARDIANS
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Each of different racial type depicted in the guise of a soldier standing on a square wood base with one hand raised in a fist to hold a halberd or weapon, the other hand placed defiantly at the waist, wearing elaborate layered armor painted in gold, red, blue, green, pink, black and white, and differently decorated helmets centered by a disc
44 and 42½ in. (110.8 and 108 cm.) high overall (2)

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Refer to the Ming Guardian King of the South, dressed in similar elaborate armor from Daxiongbao Hall, Xianghua Temple, Datong, illustrated in Buddhist Sculpture from Shanxi Province, Beijing, 1991, no. 272.

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