Description: JAPANESE WOOD SCULPTURE OF TAMONTEN, 17TH/ 18TH CENTURY Tamonten, one of the Four Guardians, is modeled standing on top of a crouching oni (demon) with one arm raised and the other at his side, his expression in a fierce glare, wearing a costume of armor, and his hair upswept in a chignon, all atop a stepped octagonal base, h: 19.75 in including base -