A RARE MONGOLIAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF CINTAMANIMAHAKALA, standing on a pair of reclining elephants, both holding a bowl with sweets and a plant, his six arms radiating around his body in tarjanimudra, pot-bellied, wearing pleated dhoti, engraved with flowers, scarf, many body-ornaments, his face with angry expression, bulging eyes, broad nose, open mouth showing teeth, fangs and curled tongue, elongated earlobes, five-leaf crown, red painted flaming hairdress with Buddha Sakyamuni in front, painted facial details, early 19th Century

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A RARE MONGOLIAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF CINTAMANIMAHAKALA, standing on a pair of reclining elephants, both holding a bowl with sweets and a plant, his six arms radiating around his body in tarjanimudra, pot-bellied, wearing pleated dhoti, engraved with flowers, scarf, many body-ornaments, his face with angry expression, bulging eyes, broad nose, open mouth showing teeth, fangs and curled tongue, elongated earlobes, five-leaf crown, red painted flaming hairdress with Buddha Sakyamuni in front, painted facial details, early 19th Century
62 cm high

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