TWO DEHUA FIGURES OF DAOIST DEITIES QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY

the first of Zhenwu with his right hand in his characteristic mudra, standing on a tortoise and snake, the second of Guandi seated between his attendants (2)

The figure of Zhenwu has stains cracks on the right side of the face extending to the back and top of the head with an associated chip. The Guandi figure has a minute chip to the bow atop the headdress. There are scattered minute firing cracks and a iron spot of the top edge of the base. There is a hole drilled in the rear at the top of the base with an associated crack.
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