PLATE LXI. 



Guardian of the World (see p. 300). 



One of the four Lokapala or Guardians of the World of Hindu mythology, who 

 hold sway at the foot of the World-Mountain Sumeru. This is King Virupaksha 

 residing on the western side of the mountain, holding in his left hand a miniature 

 pagoda, and seizing a sword with his right. Here inserted to illustrate the identity 

 of sheet armor in Buddhist stone sculpture with that in the preceding clay figures of 

 the same epoch. 



Relief marble plaque, obtained from the temple King-ch'eng-se at Si-ngan, 

 Shen-si. T'ang period (618-906). 



Height, 38 cm; width, 21 cm. Cat. No. 12 1555. 



