Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - Chaturmukha (Four-Faced)

Tibetan: མ་ཧཱ་ཀཱ་ལ། ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ། Chinese: 玛哈嘎拉

(item no. 1340)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1960 -
Lineages	Sakya and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment, Black Background on Cotton
Collection	Private

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

This painting has been recently created and then artificially distressed to give it the appearance of age and demand a higher market value.

Jeff Watt, 3-2024

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