Himalayan gilt bronze figure of Mahakala, 18th/19th century, the dharmapala adorned with a necklace of heads and clutching a karttrka and kapala (ritual chopper and skull cup), the stern face surmounted with an elaborate diadem (losses to diadem, wear to gilt, now with wood base), bronze: 7.25''h; Provenance: from the collection of the late Robert A. Scalapino, a Robson Research Professor of Government emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and noted Asian Studies expert