A wonderful pair of bronze Thai Thepanom / Teppanom statues. The Thepanom first came to earth when Buddha reached enlightenment. They became Buddha's protector, then guardian of religious temples and artefacts such as scrolls.
Made using the lost wax technique where the sculpture is first sculpted from wax, a clay mould formed around the wax, the wax removed and replace with molten bronze.
Dating from around the middle of the last century.
33cm / 13" tall