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CIRCA 16TH CENTURY
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a nepalese wood mask of bhairava
circa 16th century
Carved in high relief with angry face, bulging eyes, urna, broad nose, pierced lips, elongated earlobes with snake earrings, one with additional arm, five-leaf crown set with central human head flanked by skulls, flaming hairdress, the upper part of his body with necklace, his hands holding kapala and in tarjanimudra
84 cm high
circa 16th century
Carved in high relief with angry face, bulging eyes, urna, broad nose, pierced lips, elongated earlobes with snake earrings, one with additional arm, five-leaf crown set with central human head flanked by skulls, flaming hairdress, the upper part of his body with necklace, his hands holding kapala and in tarjanimudra
84 cm high
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