A Chinese polychrome stucco figure of a guardian, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). The upper body of a combatant, his face instilling terror with one arm defiantly raised, dressed in a tunic and body armour, crowned with a comparable headdress, 78 cm high. Provenance: Acquired Sothebys Melbourne, 1st & 2nd May 2007, lot 214. Ex collection of the New England Regional Museum