A Rare Polychromed Black Stone Stele of Mahakala Tibet, 12th/13th Century The four-armed deity very finely and expressively carved seated in lalitasana over a prostrated figure on a double-lotus base, holding a khatvangha and sword in his uppermost hands and a chopper and skullcup in his principal hands, wearing necklaces, armlets and a skull tiara with beaded festoons, his flaming hair arranged in an arched chignon centered by a naga , the arched mandorla carved with a scrolling flame border, the reverse inscribed with a Buddhist creed, richly polychromed overall 7½ in. (19.1 cm.) high
A Rare Polychromed Black Stone Stele of Mahakala Tibet, 12th/13th Century The four-armed deity very finely and expressively carved seated in lalitasana over a prostrated figure on a double-lotus base, holding a khatvangha and sword in his uppermost hands and a chopper and skullcup in his principal hands, wearing necklaces, armlets and a skull tiara with beaded festoons, his flaming hair arranged in an arched chignon centered by a naga , the arched mandorla carved with a scrolling flame border, the reverse inscribed with a Buddhist creed, richly polychromed overall 7½ in. (19.1 cm.) high
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