Six-Armed Mahakala with Retinue and Monastic Lineage

15th century

55 cm 64 cm

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Positioning his corpulent body in a forceful lunge, glaring outward in anger with his three bulging eyes, and roaring furiously through his fang-rimmed mouth, the deity Mahakala fills this painting with his wrathful presence. A prominent protector of the Buddhist teachings, hi...

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Lionel Fournier, Grasse, France; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, Winter 1987.
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en
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