A Large Pair of Chinese Lokapala Guardian Figures

Tang dynasty- early Song dynasty (618-1100 CE), TL tested, Oxford Authentication, United Kingdom, dated 7 April 2008, terracotta with pigments, the figures are wearing armor enhanced with a large peacock to top of their helmets, their serious expressions have exaggerated features such as large bulging eyes, thick eyebrows, and grimaces, they are standing atop small demon figures on a base with diagonal rib pattern.
30 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 7 in.
From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.
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Very good estate condition; some cracking and loss to pigments; figures may be missing original items held in hands; scattered repairs and professional restoration.