Pair of Antique 19th Century Indian Hindu Carved Stone Temple Guard Statues, circa 1850 Sculpture The chest having a hinged

The chest having a hinged dome top with iron strapping

Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617)

the figure is raised on a circular stepped variegated marble socle

Yozo Hamaguchi

5" deep (47

Pair of Antique 19th Century Indian Hindu Carved Stone Temple Guard Statues, circa 1850 Sculpture The chest having a hingedA very large pair of rare antique 19th century Indian polychromed & hand carved stone Dvarpala (temple door guard) statues, circa 1850. Each statue is hand carved as a male Hindu four armed temple guard, the guards holding a mace (Gada) and one hand on a dagger (Katar), another hand holding a lotus flower to represent spiritual enlightenment. Each guard stands crossed legged on a plinth decorated with an elephant, both statues retaining old and yet