Pair of Antique 19th Century Indian Hindu Carved Stone Temple Guard Statues, circa 1850 Recently Added A Large and impressive antique

A Large and impressive antique oil on canvas Pre-Raphaelite painting by the German artist

Please see a very similar helmet in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum

Antique Oil on Canvas Painting Jean-Michel Cels (1819–1894)

47" tall X 30" long X 16" wide

Pair of Antique 19th Century Indian Hindu Carved Stone Temple Guard Statues, circa 1850 Recently Added A Large and impressive antiqueA 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