Lot #20

A Tibetan Gilt-Bronze Figure of Mahakala

15th - 16th Century

The figure is  holding a chopper and skull cup in the primary hands,  wearing a bone girdle,  jewelry, and garland of severed heads, the ferocious face with bared fangs and three eyes, beneath the tall chignon adorned with a snake and encircled by a crown.

Provenance: Private collection, New York, I Gavel 04/18/2023

Lot 6491219

Age discolored, tarnish, scratches, base missing.

Height: 27.5 cm