Red Faced Mahakala Mask with deep Black Patina

Tibet, Bhutan or Nepal
19th Century or earlier
Wood
15 x 12 x 8 in (38 x 30.5 x 20.5 cm)

EX COLLECTION:
Mort Golub, CA
Felix Dennis, UK

Mahakala is the most powerful Dharmapala, ‘Protector of the universal Buddhist Truth, the Dharma’. He is understood to be the wrathful manifestation of Avalokiteshvara and Cakrasaṃvara, and is also called Gonpo, “Lord”.