Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - Chaturmukha (Four-Faced)

མ་ཧཱ་ཀཱ་ལ། ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ། 玛哈嘎拉
(item no. 1340)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1960 -
Lineages Sakya and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment, Black Background on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

This painting has been recently created and then artificially distressed to give it the appearance of age and demand a higher market value.

Jeff Watt, 3-2024


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