A bronze figure of Sadbhujamahakala

Description:

Tibeto-Chinese, 18th/19th c.
H. 19,7 cm
Standing in alidhasana on an elephant reclining on lotus base, his six arms radiating around his body, his principle hands holding karttika and kapala, wearing tiger-skirt, bejewelled, his face displaying a wrathful expression with bulging eyes below raised bushy eyebrows, beard framing his chin and his flaming hairdo secured with a tiara decorated with skulls, unsealed.
Old German private collection, according to the present owner acquired from Ludwig Bretschneider (1909 - 1987), Munich, in the 1970s - Minor wear, slightly chipped