Lot Details & Additional Photographs
18th century, two part cast figure of Dharmapala Mahakala, with red pigment to hair topped by a skull head crown, a billowing ribbon wraps around his body, he wears a necklace of skulls and has six hands holding various attributes, he wears an elephant skin on his back, he stands atop a prostrated Vinayaka on a beaded edge lotus blossom base, two pegs under his feet fit into base, with incised
ruyi style motifs, raised on floral and geometric incised foot, the underside has a hand cut copper plate that remains sealed and is engraved with a double-vajra motif, Lawson's paper tag remains with sculpture.
7 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.
From a Private Collector, Davie County, North Carolina James R. Lawson PTY LTD, Sydney, April 28, 1999, Lot 312
Josef Neumann Collection
Very good overall condition; some minor rubbing and loss to surface gilt and pigments; some loss to inlaid cabochons; trunk of elephant has a break with loss to the end; lower right hand is missing its lasso.
