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