A LARGE CREAM AND OCHRE-GLAZED FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN Ming Dynasty The figure modelled in a crouching position wearing elaborate armour, with one hand resting on his left thigh, the other raised before the chest, the face with a gentle expression beneath an elaborate helmet, covered overall in green, brown, ochre and cream glazes, the lower back and internal sections and underside left unglazed, wood stand. 50.5cm (19 7/8in) high. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 明 三彩天王像 See a related example dated 1523, identified as Yanluo Wang (King of Hell), illustrated by D.Dohrenwend, et al., Homage to Heaven Homage to Earth: Chinese Treasures of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1992, no.113; see another example illustrated by Lu Zhangshen, Passion for Porcelain: Masterpieces of Ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, Beijing, 2012, no.134. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com