A TIBETO CHINESE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF DHARMARAJA, standing in pratyalidhasana on a separate cast bull, reclining on a lotus-base, his hands holding karttrika and kapala, wearing many dharmapala-ornaments, skirt, mala from severed human heads, shawl, his bull head with horns, bulging eyes, open mouth showing fangs and teeth, red painted chignon moulded with a curling snake, resealed, 18th Century
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A TIBETO CHINESE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF DHARMARAJA, standing in pratyalidhasana on a separate cast bull, reclining on a lotus-base, his hands holding karttrika and kapala, wearing many dharmapala-ornaments, skirt, mala from severed human heads, shawl, his bull head with horns, bulging eyes, open mouth showing fangs and teeth, red painted chignon moulded with a curling snake, resealed, 18th Century
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