Enlightened Protector Mahakala with Six Arms (Shadbhuja)

Arts of Asia

18th/19th century

China or Tibet

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Tibeto-Chinese
Title: Enlightened Protector Mahakala with Six Arms (Shadbhuja)
Place: China (Object made in)
Date: 1701–1900
Medium: Gilt copper alloy with traces of orange pigment
Dimensions: 12.8 × 10 × 5 cm (5 × 3 7/8 × 2 in.)
Credit Line: Samuel M. Nickerson Fund
Reference Number: 1924.120
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Sold to the Art Institute of Chicago by Mr. M.W. Anthony, Seattle, Wa., November 27, 1923. Purchase was made possible by the Samuel N. Nickerson Fund.

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