Chinese old temple guardian with sword

[francantolin]

Good evening,
I bought this old large wooden statue of a Chinese temple guardian. Said to be Wei Tuo Pusa
Early Qing dynasty sadly with a lot of wormholes,
Stabilised wood I hope...😬

I have seen this type of sword on several Chinese statues but no real ones.
Does that remind you of something ?
I like the removable helmet

[francantolin]

Here are the
''Similar shaped swords''
It reminds me large flamed shaped blade gunongs but nothing chinese like jian swords...

[francantolin]

A ming period wooden statue
the ""sword" looks like a multiple vajra 🤔

[Anthony G.]

Good evening,
I bought this old large wooden statue of a Chinese temple guardian. Said to be Wei Tuo Pusa
Early Qing dynasty sadly with a lot of wormholes,
Stabilised wood I hope...😬

I have seen this type of sword on several Chinese statues but no real ones.
Does that remind you of something ?
I like the removable helmet

The weapon looks like sword breaker.

https://swordis.com/blog/chinese-sword-breaker/

[francantolin]

Thank's a lot Anthony,

Yes it really looks like !👍

I'd like to find a real old one like these or an iron whip

[francantolin]

I received it and treat it ,
Interesting the left hand position, I didn't notice it:

Palm up, thumb, ring figer and little finger opened
and index and middle finger closed
( personally, I have difficulty doing it 😅 )
Somebody knows this hand position ?

[francantolin]

depending on how you look at it,
it's cute and quiet or a little less...