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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION 清十八世紀 鎏金銅大力王紅瑪哈嘎啦像
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHADBHUJA
MAHAKALA
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the six-armed deity depicted standing, the principal arms
raised before the chest and the body, with the secondary and
tertiary arms radiating from behind holding various attributes
including a damaru, kartrika and a flayed elephant skin, the
bare upper body adorned with beaded jewellery draped with a
snake and a billowing celestial scarf, wearing a dhoti gathered
just below the bulging belly and further embellished with a
garland of skulls, the ferocious face detailed with three eyes
and an opened mouth showing bared fangs, crowned by a
five-leaf diadem before flaming red hair, standing above two
elephant-headed prostrate figures on a separately cast oval
lotus base
overall h. 17.8 cm, 7 in.
HK$ 150,000-250,000
US$ 19,200-31,900

For another 18th gilt-bronze figures of Shadbhuja Mahakala of
similar high quality sold at auction, see the example sold in our
Paris rooms, 10th June 2015, lot 35, from the collection of J.
Sauvenière.

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