TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
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A THANKA OF MAHAKALA
tibet, 18th century
Standing on snakes on a lotus throne, the six arms holding various attributes, wearing a garland of decapitated human heads, a serpent intertwined over his pot belly, jewelery and a five-skull crown, surrounded by flames and other dieties, brocade surround, framed
Image size 24¾ x 15 in. (63 x 38.1 cm.)
tibet, 18th century
Standing on snakes on a lotus throne, the six arms holding various attributes, wearing a garland of decapitated human heads, a serpent intertwined over his pot belly, jewelery and a five-skull crown, surrounded by flames and other dieties, brocade surround, framed
Image size 24¾ x 15 in. (63 x 38.1 cm.)