An impressive Ming Dynasty temple guardian figure Gansu Province, the robust figure with glass eyes standing in a crouching posture with hands placed to thighs, wood with traces of polychrome paint. Raised on an ebonised stand, a similar figure held in the collection Guimet Museum of Asian Art in Paris. Provenance: Private Collection Auckland. Purchased from an antique dealer in Tianjin, china in the 1980s, 47 cm height