A gilt Sinotibetan bronze figure of mahakala

Reference: ART1005345

The deity, shown standing on a prostrate figure of Ganapati on an oval lotus base, holds a chopper and a skull cup in the primary hands, and a skull rosary in the raised upper right hand, to which is attached a ribbon held in the upper left hand. The deity wears jewelry, a cord hung with skulls, a tiger pelt, and a crown of skulls backed by his flame-like hair. The base is sealed with a plate inscribed with a double vajra.