Incense Burner · Tibet · ID: 3032466
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Size
H: 12 cm
H: 4.7 inch
Description
copper, brass, gold-plated in parts, small half-spherical receptacle, the mask face of Mahakala to the front, a third eye on the forehead, wearing a diadem with three skulls and lotus petals, the latter provided with sleeves for insertion of the sticks of incense, inscription inside;
Mahakala is a tibetan buddhistic deity. He appears as a so-called “wrathful divninty”, typical for “a protector of buddhistic teaching”.