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  Chinese-style portal guardians

 

Thailand

Carved and gilded Chinese-style portal guardians on the wooden door panels of the Southern Porch at Wat Phra Sri Rattana Sahtsadahrahm, i.e. Wat Phra Kaew, in Bangkok. This design was printed on a Thai postage stamp issued in 2008 as part of a set of four stamps on portal guardians.

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