明十六世紀 銅鎏金大黑天立像

cast standing atop Vinayaka, holding a chopper and skull cup in the primary hands, a drum and lasso in two of the others, wearing a bone girdle,  jewelry, and garland of severed heads, the ferocious face with bared fangs and three eyes, beneath the tall chignon adorned with a snake and encircled by a crown, all supported on a lotus plinth (2)

The elephant skin held in the hands of the figure is missing with only the ends of the elephant feet remaining. There are repairs in both shins. There is a break in the back of the bone girdle. There is wear to the gilding and pigments and a casting flaw at the back on the lower rim. Lacking base plate.
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Mahakala is a protector of Buddha's teachings and is the wrathful emanation of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion.

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 12857.