Late Qing dynastyEach depicting a bearded sage wearing a royal or official’s crownand layered garments reminiscent of Chinese opera costumes, hiselevated status emphasized by a boy attendant raising an umbrellato his side as both float on cloud banks, the weathered surfacesshowing traces of pigment (losses, repairs); modern plexiglassstands.27 and 26 3/4in high (68.5 and 68cm) height of wood figures28 3/4 and 28 1/8in (73 and 71.5cm) height including wood stands