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Mogao Caves: Heavenly Kings

CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty (618–907); Wood; Guimet Museum of Asian Art, Paris, France
These posturing Heavenly Kings originated in the Mogao Caves. Their faces are both drawn in fierce scowls with their eyes bulging, and their noses are beak-like. The armored figures brandish their left fists and likely held weapons. They stand with one foot higher than the other and were probably originally placed either on a rocky base or treading on a demon.

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