2 DYNAMIC TEMPLE GUARDIAN FIGURES 19/20THc

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CHINESE POLYCHROME POTTERY GUARDIANS LATE QING DYNASTY OR REPUBLIC PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY MOULDED AND HAND-MODELLED EARTHENWARE / POTTERY WITH TRACES OF COLD-PAINTED POLYCHROME PIGMENTS AND WHITE SLIP, HOLLOW-CAST BASES A PAIR OF DYNAMIC TEMPLE GUARDIAN FIGURES, EACH FORCEFULLY SCULPTED IN EXAGGERATED DYNAMIC CONTRAST WITH BULGING EYES, EXPOSED TEETH, AND PROMINENT MUSCULATURE EACH MEASURES APPROX. 20 IN HIGH CONDITION: OVERALL STABLE STRUCTURAL CONDITION SHOWING EXTENSIVE AGE-APPROPRIATE WEAR, LOSS TO ORIGINAL SURFACE PIGMENTS, AND EARTHEN ENCRUSTATIONS; ONE FIGURE WITH VISIBLE HORIZONTAL STRESS FISSURE / FIRING CRACK AT BACK OF NECK AND REPAIRED TO BASE

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