Squatting Guardian Figure, Nepalheight 26in (66cm)ProvenanceFrench Private CollectionPace Primitive, New YorkAmerican Private CollectionBonhams, 5 May 2015, New York, Lot 20Canadian Private Collection, acquired from the aboveCarved in hard wood with broad shoulders, arms resting on the raised knees, wearing a flat crown above the facial plane with brow extending over the sunken eyes, heavily adzed and weathered surface with encrusted white pigment overall.