Caption

Six-armed Mahakala, dharmapala iconography; lotus throne; Buddhist/Tibetan art; 19th century . Sculpture, height 16.4 cm; Tibet., A dark bronze-colored statuette of a multi-armed figure standing on an ornate oval base is shown against a plain light gray background. The figure has a prominent sculpted mane or flame-like element at the back of its head in reddish-orange, and small accents of green and red on various parts of the body and jewelry. The figure’s limbs, hands, and ornamental elements are intricately detailed, and the base has a repeating petal-like pattern and a reflective surface beneath it that produces a faint mirrored image. The overall visible colors are dark bronze, reddish-orange, green, red, and light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_024

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1020.1Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Six-armed Mahakala dharmapala iconography lotus throne Buddhist Tibetan art 19th century Sculpture height 16.4 cm Tibet dark bronze-colored statuette multi-armed figure standing ornate oval base shown plain light gray background figure prominent sculpted mane flame- element back head reddish-orange small accents green red various parts body jewelry figure’s limbs hands ornamental elements intricately detailed base repeating petal- pattern reflective surface beneath produces faint mirrored image visible colors dark bronze light gray.