• Dimension: Height: 13 3/8 in (34 cm) Width: 11 7/8 in (30.2 cm)
• Estimate From: $6000
• Estimate To: $9000

Carved out of a single natural aloeswood piece,standing upon a single lotus throne,the wrathful divinity holds a vajra on right primary hand,with an elephant skin stretched across his back and wearing a large necklace of severed heads,snakes and various adornments,the ferocious face detailed with three eyes and an open mouth,the flaming hair crowned with a tiara. The back of the plinth finely inscribed with an Imperial inscription dated to seventeenth year of Qianlong reign. Qing Dynasty Qianlong period.

大黑天梵文音譯為瑪哈噶拉,起源於印度,原為財富之神、戰神,傳入西藏成為藏傳佛教中護法大神,具有帳房保護神、戰神的屬性。此尊由整塊沉香雕刻而成,怒發呈火焰狀,蹙眉瞋目,捲舌咧口,獠牙外露。身披象皮,項掛人頭蔓,珮飾瓔珞釧環,底座背面刻御題跋,雕刻精細入微,動態感強,用料大方,十分稀有。