RARE FORM OF MAHAKALA
Bronze gilt
Tibet , 18th century
Weight: 3491 grams
Dimensions: 32 x 24 x 11 cm
Provenance: County Auction New York , USA
Mahakala with three faces and eight arms standing in wide stance on a lotus flower base. The eight arms are holding various objects like a staff, a flower, a dagger and a script or forming mudras. We can see a snake coiling around the neck and a goat hide worn over the left shoulder, a thin scarf billowing from the shoulders. The face looking to the front has a menacing look with bulging eyes, bushy eyebrows, fangs in the mouth and a third eye. The other two faces also have a demonic look but with slender eyes, many small teeth and also a third eye. All faces wear skull crowns and their hair is streaming upwards like fire.
