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A RARE DENSATIL-STYLE GILT COPPER ALLOY
FIGURE OF MAHAKALA
presenting as Legden, "the Excellent One", wearing a heavy cloak
and boots redolent of indigenous Tibetan spirit deities, a rare form
of the deity
30.0cm high (excluding pegs)
$10,000 - 12,000
This rare form of Mahakala was favoured in Central and Southern
Tibet under the Newari artistic influence during the 13th and 14th
century. Compare an almost identical figure from Densatil (HAR12127),
other examples of Mahakala similarly clad in heavy cloak include two
in the Rubin Museum of Art (HAR65443, 65208).
铜鎏金丹薩替寺風格大黑天像
大黑天中此類身著斗篷及靴子的造像形式流行於十三至十四世紀受尼
瓦爾風格影響下的西藏中西部地區。比較丹薩替寺中一極相似的大黑
天像，見喜马拉雅艺术资 源12127號。其他類似造像包括 Rubin 藝術博
物館藏兩件，見見喜马拉雅艺术资 源65443, 65208號。
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