A CENTRAL TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF CHATURBHUJA-MAHAKALA, seated astride a human figure, on a lotus, his principle hands holding lotus-bud and kapala, both other hands the khadga and trisula, wearing tiger-skin, dharmapala-ornaments, mala of severed human heads, shawl, his face with angry expresion, silver inlaid urna and eyes, broad nose, open mouth showing teeth and fangs, elongated earlobes with circular ear-rings, crown set with skulls, high hairdress with snake, sealed, 16th Century

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A CENTRAL TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF CHATURBHUJA-MAHAKALA, seated astride a human figure, on a lotus, his principle hands holding lotus-bud and kapala, both other hands the khadga and trisula, wearing tiger-skin, dharmapala-ornaments, mala of severed human heads, shawl, his face with angry expresion, silver inlaid urna and eyes, broad nose, open mouth showing teeth and fangs, elongated earlobes with circular ear-rings, crown set with skulls, high hairdress with snake, sealed, 16th Century
10.6 cm high

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