A TIBETO CHINESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA, standing in pratyalidhasana, both hands in karanamudra and formerly holding the khadga and pasa, wearing tigerskin, snake-mala, mala of severed heads, floating scarf, partly turquoise inlaid jewellery, his face with angry expression, bushy eyebrows, bulging eyes, broad nose, moustache, his open mouth showing tongue, fangs and teeth, beard, his elongated earlobes with one large ear-ring, a separate moulded tiara with five skulls, painted facial details and a partly red coloured wavy hairdress, early 18th Century