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18TH CENTURY
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A Tibeto Chinese gilt-bronze figure of Sadbhujamahakala
18th century
Standing in pratyalidhasana on Ganesha reclining on a lotus pericarp, his six hands holding the specific attributes, wearing tiger skin and elephant skin at his back, snake garland, bejewelled, his face with wrathful expression, elongated earlobes with large ear rings, tiara with five skulls in front of a red coloured flaming hairdress, sealed
18 cm high
18th century
Standing in pratyalidhasana on Ganesha reclining on a lotus pericarp, his six hands holding the specific attributes, wearing tiger skin and elephant skin at his back, snake garland, bejewelled, his face with wrathful expression, elongated earlobes with large ear rings, tiara with five skulls in front of a red coloured flaming hairdress, sealed
18 cm high
Provenance
Ferrari Antiques, Buenos Aires 1977
Exhibited
Museo Nacional de Arte Oriental, Arte del Himalaya, Buenos Aires 1980
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