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Property from a European Private Collection An exceptional gilt-copper alloy figure of Mahakala inlaid with semi-precious stones Densatil monastery, Tibet, early 15th century the fragmentary roundel depicting Mahakala cast in high relief, the guardian deity with a jewel-encrusted crown and earrings, a flayed human skin tied by its arms and legs around his neck, a serpent necklace with its head entwined with its tail at the left shoulder, a string of severed heads, a tiger-skin dhoti with paws tied at the front, a belt with jewelled swags and hangings, holding a karttrka and kapala, standing in the militant alidha posture trampling a supine figure on a lotus pedestal, and surrounded by an entourage of deities, all enclosed within a massive tendril of scrolling vine 53 x 48 x 10.5 cm, 20⅞ by 18⅞ by 4⅛ in. __________________________________________________________________________ Collection particulière européenne Statue de Mahakala en alliage de cuivre doré incrustée de pierres semi-précieuses, monastère de Densatil, Tibet, début du XVe siècle __________________________________________________________________________ 歐洲私人收藏 十五世紀初 藏傳丹薩替寺鎏金銅合金嵌寶石大黑天立像

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