A gilt copper alloy figure of Shadbhuja Mahakala, Qing dynasty, 18th century | 清十八世紀 銅鎏金大力王紅瑪哈嘎啦像

A gilt copper alloy figure of Shadbhuja Mahakala

Qing dynasty, 18th century

清十八世紀 銅鎏金大力王紅瑪哈嘎啦像

the six-armed deity standing on an elephant-headed prostrate figure on a lotus base, the principal arms raised at the chest holding a kartrika and a kapala, with the secondary and tertiary hands holding various attributes including a mala and damaru, wearing a flayed elephant skin on his back, a tiger skin around his waist and a garland of skulls around the belly, the fierce face with bared fangs and bulging eyes, the head surmounted by flaming hair and a crown of skulls inset with coral and turquoise

Height 8 in., 20.3 cm