A LARGE PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN KING
SONG/YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
A LARGE PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN KING SONG/YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY The powerful figure shown standing with feet firmly braced slightly apart and with right hand positioned as if holding the hilt of a sword that would have rested in the palm of the raised left hand, wearing elaborate layered armor with a monster mask at the waist, and a long celestial scarf draped over the shoulders and looped over the arms, his face carved with fierce expression intensified by black glass pupils, the hair painted blue and drawn up behind a phoenix crown into a tall interwoven topknot, with extensive traces of red, green, black, blue and dark flesh-colored pigment and gilding 64 in. (162.5 cm.) high
A LARGE PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN KING
SONG/YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
A LARGE PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN KING SONG/YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY The powerful figure shown standing with feet firmly braced slightly apart and with right hand positioned as if holding the hilt of a sword that would have rested in the palm of the raised left hand, wearing elaborate layered armor with a monster mask at the waist, and a long celestial scarf draped over the shoulders and looped over the arms, his face carved with fierce expression intensified by black glass pupils, the hair painted blue and drawn up behind a phoenix crown into a tall interwoven topknot, with extensive traces of red, green, black, blue and dark flesh-colored pigment and gilding 64 in. (162.5 cm.) high
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