UPCOMING LIVE AUCTION JUNE 22TH, 2023 - ASIAN ART
A tibetan polychrome "Mahakala" mask, 18th-19th century
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Lot 74.
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Description.
Wood carved with great detail and polychrome. The mask shows in relief a face with bulging eyes and furrowed eyebrows with exposed fangs. The Buddhist deity "mahakala" is distinguished by wearing a diadem of skulls and by his ears with distended lobes. Subject on a base.
Total height: 49 cm; Size: 36 x 14,50 x 27,50 cm (approx.)
