A TIBETAN BRONZE-GILT MAHAKALA
Mahakala can be approached as an archetype deity, functioning as an enlightened being with whom the practitioner identifies, or, alternatively, as a fierce protector, a guardian of the Dharma and its adherents. With his two main hands he holds a vajra chopper over a skull bowl, symbolizing the sharp edge of wisdom shredding all materialistic negative attitudes within the skull vessel of the understanding of voidness.
Dimension: L. 16 cm. W. 10 cm. H. 23 cm. Weight 2390 grams.

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