TWO GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURES OF BUDDHIST GUARDIANS MING DYNASTY

the first portraying Skanda dressed in scale-armor and plate helmet, the weapon held in a non-threatening manner in the left hand, the right hand out-stretched; the second figure depicting Kimnara with his characteristic horse head, wearing a mythical beast helmet, the upper body exposed, the left hand in cincihnamudra pinching a jewel, the right in pranamudra

Acquired during the early 20th century, and thence by descent.

Although the two figures in the present lot come from different sets, they each belong to a group known as the Twenty-four Devas, who are protectors of the Buddhist faith.