A polychrome stucco head of a guardian figure, Yuan Dynasty, realistically resolved with a fierce expression and inset glass eyes, the lobes cut deeply, crowned in an elaborate plumed headdress, raised on a rod and plinth base, the head 56 cm tall. Provenance: Acquired Sotheby's Melbourne, 1st & 2nd May 2007, lot 215. Ex collection of the New England Regional Museum.