GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF KAKAMUKHA MAHAKALA
£1,386
Auction: 15 March 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
銅鎏金鴉面空行母像
the raven-faced Mahakala cast standing in alidhasana trampling over a female corpse, holding kartika in the right hand, kapala on the left hand in front of the chest, skull crown above wrathful face, backed with upward flame-like hair, all above a lotus pedestal, the base sealed with a plaque incised with double vajra
Dimensions
17.6cm high; 1301g
Footnote
Note: Compare to a highly similar gilt bronze figure of Kakamukha Mahakala, Mongolia, 18th century, HAR no. 32770