California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 Sept. 12, 2020  Sept. 12, 2020

 Lot # 8629 
A LARGE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA WITH STAND    明 銅鎏金二臂瑪哈嘎拉


  • Dimension: Height: 19 7/8 in (50.5 cm) Width: 13 1/2 in (34.0 cm)
  • Estimate From: $6000
  • Estimate To: $9000

Qing Dynasty period. Standing on wood base, holding a chopper in his right hand and a cup in his left, wearing multiple necklaces and a garland of heads, his wrathful expression with bared fangs and bulging eyes, centered by third eye, topped by a skull crown behind which the flaming red hair is drawn into a high chignon.


瑪哈嘎拉是梵語,意思是“大黑”,即“怙主”之意。瑪哈嘎拉是佛教三根本的化身。為調伏剛強眾生而呈現忿怒相.依緣起多示現為兩臂、四臂、六臂,黑,白等形象,為藏傳佛教諸宗共同推崇的智慧護法,此件二臂瑪哈嘎拉是普賢王如來及金剛持佛之忿怒化身。頭戴五骷髏冠,怒髮上豎,三目圓睜,張口呲牙,面相兇憤。上身袒露,下身圍虎皮裙,並飾以繁複瓔珞為裙,雙肩披大帔帛,帔帛在頭後形成橢圓形。兩手置於胸前,左手托骷髏碗,右手持鉞刀。雙腿站立,兩膝向外彎曲。依據經文記載,敬奉此吉祥立姿二臂大黑天,得國泰民安,風調雨順,四境平和無紛爭,破除邪祟,諸事順遂,法財圓滿之大利益。