Incense Burner ·  Tibet · ID: 3032466

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”.

The object Incense Burner with the object ID 3032466 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 18.

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