Caption

Six-armed Mahakala, unknown sculptor, 2nd half of the 19th century, Tibetan Buddhist Himalayan art; dharmapala iconography; Mongolia place of origin; sculpture, figurine; height 3.8 cm, width 3.1 cm, A small gold-colored metal figurine stands on a flat decorative base against a plain light gray background; the figurine shows a rounded head with a hat-like top, a curved collar or halo behind the head, a torso with sculpted folds and ornamentation, multiple outstretched arms with open hands, and stylized lower limbs and flowing drapery details. The visible colors are gold on the figurine and light gray in the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_026

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.1Mb (1.1Mb) / 12.5in x 12.5in / 3744 x 3744 (300dpi)

Keywords

Six-armed Mahakala unknown sculptor 2nd half 19th century Tibetan Buddhist Himalayan art dharmapala iconography Mongolia place origin sculpture figurine height 3.8 cm width 3.1 cm small gold-colored metal figurine stands flat decorative base plain light gray background rounded head hat- top curved collar halo head torso sculpted folds ornamentation multiple outstretched arms open hands stylized lower limbs flowing drapery details visible colors gold light gray background.