His third eye watched over this statuette of Panjarnata Mahakala, cast in Tibet in the early 16th century.
Tibet, Zhengde period (1506-1521), gilt bronze statuette of Panjarnata Mahakala standing on a demon stretched out on a base in the shape of an inverted double lotus, holding the kattrka and the kapala, adorned with jewels, demon's heads and entwined serpents, forehead ornamented with a third eye, crown with the wheels of the law, a snake in his hair, mark of doubtful authenticity: "Da Ming Zhengde Jiaxunian Yumajian Taijian Wuliang zao", h. 30.5 cm.
Result: €819,000
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