Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - Shadbhuja (Shangpa)

མ་ཧཱ་ཀཱ་ལ། ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ། 玛哈嘎拉
(item no. 75087)
Origin Location Mongolia
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Buddhist
Size 35.50cm (13.98in) high
Material Metal
Collection The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
Catalogue # 85.04.0023; Formerly Sven Hedin Collections, National Museum of Ethnography, Sweden, and Vincent Bendix Collections, Chicago; probably purchased by Jacques Marchais at auction at Parke-Bernet Galleries, October 6, 1945.
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description


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