A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

depicted lunging over an elephant-headed entity, the wrathful divinity holding different attributes including the kartrika and kapala in his primary arms, a damaru and a rosary of skulls, with an elephant skin stretched across his back and wearing a necklace of severed heads, snakes and various adornments, the base of the lotus pedestal sealed with a consecration plate engraved with a visvavajra