Guardian Collection

The Door-God - Military, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Door-God - Military, 1922. Menshen are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil or encourage the entrance of positive energies

Shoki, the Demon-Queller, early 18th century. early 18th century
Shoki, the Demon-Queller, early 18th century

The Door-God - Civil, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Door-God - Civil, 1922. Menshen are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil or encourage the entrance of positive energies at thresholds

Buddhist Guardian, 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Buddhist Guardian, 16th century

Temple Guardian, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Temple Guardian, 18th-19th century

Demon with Temple Guardian in Bath, Mid-19th century. Creator: Miwa School
Demon with Temple Guardian in Bath, Mid-19th century

The Guardian Generals of the Directions (Lokapalas) Dhritarashtra... early 17th century. Creator: Anon
The Guardian Generals of the Directions (Lokapalas) Dhritarashtra (East) [top] and Virudhaka (South) [bottom] (image 1 of 3), early 17th century

Pair of Guardian Animals (image 1 of 14), c.1250. Creator: Unknown
Pair of Guardian Animals (image 1 of 14), c.1250

Offerings to Mahakala, early 18th century. Creator: Anon
Offerings to Mahakala, early 18th century

Temple Guardian, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Temple Guardian, 18th century

Bishamonten in Scroll, 18th century. Creator: Juhosai Tsunemasa
Bishamonten in Scroll, 18th century

Allegory of Queen Dowager Hedvig Eleonora's guardianship, 1692. Creator: David Klocker Ehrenstrahl
Allegory of Queen Dowager Hedvig Eleonora's guardianship, 1692

Temple Guardian and Demon Wrestling (image 2 of 2), Mid-19th century. Creator: Miwa School
Temple Guardian and Demon Wrestling (image 2 of 2), Mid-19th century

Firemark, c. 1937. Creator: Herman Bader
Firemark, c. 1937

The Holy Family with a Shepherd, c1510. Artist: Titian
The Holy Family with a Shepherd, c1510. From the National Gallery, London

A Koskimo House-post, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Koskimo House-post, c1914. Interior supporting columns of Koskimo home bearing carvings commemorating incidents in family history, often depicting the guardian spirit of the founder

Lu Zhishen in a Drunken Rage Attacking the Guardian Figure at the Temple on Moun... September 1887
Lu Zhishen in a Drunken Rage Attacking the Guardian Figure at the Temple on Mount Godai (Rochishin ransui Godaisan Kongojin o uchikowasu no zu), September 1887

Guarded Dreams. Creator: Joshua Johnston
Guarded Dreams

Guardian of the Garden. Creator: Joshua Johnston
Guardian of the Garden

Shukongojin, Kamakura Period, 12th / 14th century. Creator: Unknown
Shukongojin, Kamakura Period, 12th/14th century. A wooden sculpture of a muscular red figure with flaming hair and a third eye, stares fiercely down at us

Boney Forsaken by his Guardian Genius, 1814. Creator: Charles Williams
Boney Forsaken by his Guardian Genius, 1814

Toy Cart with Grimacing Potbellied Dwarf (Yaksha), 1st century B. C. Creator: Unknown
Toy Cart with Grimacing Potbellied Dwarf (Yaksha), 1st century B.C

Guardian Figure (Dvarapala), 12th / 14th century. Creator: Unknown
Guardian Figure (Dvarapala), 12th/14th century

Guardian Figure (Dvarapala), c. 15th century. Creator: Unknown
Guardian Figure (Dvarapala), c. 15th century

Guardian Lion, Angkor period, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Guardian Lion, Angkor period, 12th century

Avanyu, ca. 1923. Creator: Julian Martinez
Avanyu, ca. 1923

A guardian angel walking with a child, ca. 1640. Creator: Simone Cantarini
A guardian angel walking with a child, ca. 1640

Sylvanus from The Rural Gods, 1565. Creator: Cornelis Cort
Sylvanus from The Rural Gods, 1565. After Frans Floris I

Portrait of Le Pere Yves, 1677. Creator: Claude Mellan
Portrait of Le Pere Yves, 1677

Marshal Wang, dated 1542. Creator: Unknown
Marshal Wang, dated 1542. Riding a flaming wheel, vanquishing the evil serpent spirits in the river below. Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

One of the Twelve Devas: Bonten, 14th century. Creator: Unknown
One of the Twelve Devas: Bonten, 14th century

One of the Twelve Devas: Katen, 14th century. Creator: Unknown
One of the Twelve Devas: Katen, 14th century

Twelve Deva Kings (Juniten), 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Twelve Deva Kings (Juniten), 16th century. Deva Guardians of Esoteric Buddhism. Muromachi period (1392-1573)

Bangkok, Siam, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Bangkok, Siam, 1898. Giant guardian sculptures outside a Buddhist temple. Bangkok. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Sir! Brunetto! And are ye here?, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Sir! Brunetto! And are ye here?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil meet Dantes tutor and guardian, Brunetto Buanaccorso Latini, in a firestorm

The Middle Watch, illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea, 1905
The Middle Watch - Watch, oh watch till ye find again Life and the land of morn. Illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea by Henry Newbolt (1862-1938) pub. 1905 (colour litho)

P an Kuen, Guardian of the living and dead in the other world, 1922. From Myths and Legends of China, by Edward TC Werner, published by George G Harrap & Co, 1922

Jizo, the childrens god, 1925. Artist: Evelyn Paul
Jizo, the childrens god, 1925. In Japanese Buddhism, Jizo is seen as the guardian of children, especially those who have died before their parents. From The Book of Myths by Amy Cruse, 1925

Gate, Northwest Palace, Calah (Nimrud), Iraq, 1977. The Northwest Palace was the most important palace at the Assyrian city of Nimrud. It was built by Ashurnasirpal II in the 9th century BC

The officer in charge of the holy shrine at Mashhad, Persia, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Design for Stained Glass, 1926. Artist: Robert Anning Bell
Design for Stained Glass, 1926. From The Studio Volume 91. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1926]

Main entrance, Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Main entrance, Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma, 1908. Buddhist tradition holds that the Shwedagon Pagoda was built before the Buddha died in 486 BC

Three headed elephant guarding a sanctuary, Arakan Pagoda, Mandalay, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Three headed elephant guarding a sanctuary, Arakan Pagoda, Mandalay, Burma, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The Delphic Sibyl, 1509 (1870). Artist: Trichon Monvoisin
The Delphic Sibyl, 1509 (1870). After the painting by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican, Rome

A Horus falcon with King Nectanebo I (380 BC-362 BC), c370 BC (1936). Basalt statuette. Found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York

Guarding sheep and cattle at night, South Africa, 18th century (1931). Plate taken from Historic Farms of South Africa, by Dorothea Fairbridge, published by Oxford University Press (London, 1931)

Shoki and Attendant Demons, 1898. Artist: Kawanabe Kyosai
Shoki and Attendant Demons, 1898. Fom a kakemono by Kawanabe Kyosai. Zhong Kui (Shoki) is a figure of Chinese mythology. Traditionally regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings

Wooden statue of Tutankhamun, Egypt, 1933-1934. Statue of Tutankhamun, one of two that stood outside the sealed up entrance to his sepulchral chamber

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