A Pair of Chinese Lokapala Guardian Figures

terracotta with pigments and traces of gold, the figures are wearing armor enhanced with bird's head at waist, both with helmets and tall boots, their serious expressions have exaggerated features such as large bulging eyes, thick raised eyebrows, and grimaces, they are standing atop a small bull rested on a textured base, both with one hand to waist and other raised.
33 1/4 x 16 x 7 in.
From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.
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Very good estate condition; some cracking and loss to pigments; missing items that may have originally been in their raised hands; loss of original pigments and gold with only traces remaining; scattered repairs and professional restoration.