EditorialGuardian Protector of the East (Dongfang chiguo tianwang), ???(???????) ?????? ?????, Dali kingdom (938?1253), 11th?12th century, China, Partially gilt arsenical bronze; lost-wax cast, H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); W. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); D. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)...
EditorialEgoism personified. "This gentleman occupies six chairs on his own, and without regard to the arrival of strollers, he stretches out an army boot with spur and waves his whip." Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.