California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 Feburary 26, 2022  Feburary 26, 2022

 Lot # 3082 
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF STANDING MAHAKALA    清乾隆 銅鎏金六臂瑪哈嘎拉


  • Dimension: Height: 5 in (12.7 cm) Length: 4 6/8 in (12.1 cm)
  • Estimate From: $6000
  • Estimate To: $9000

The six-armed deity standing on a lotus base, the principal arms raised at the chest holding a kartrika and a kapala, with the secondary and tertiary hands holding various attributes including a mala and damaru, the fierce face with bared fangs and bulging eyes, the head surmounted by flaming hair and a crown of skulls. Qing Dynasty period.


瑪哈嘎拉是佛法中最重要之智慧法,宜秘密供養、修持,則其加持迅速,日 夜不斷。是佛教之護法,觀音之化身,平常隨侍觀音。具有息、增、懷、誅四種 事業法。修持六臂瑪哈嘎拉能降服和救度末法時期中逐漸惡化的眾生,能庇護眾 生,脫離中陰身之苦,解除眾生生活的艱苦及貧窮,圓滿眾生一切善願。此像頭向左側微傾,戴五骷髏冠,火焰狀豎發上揚,發中有一條小蛇隱現, 面相兇忿。上身飾瓔珞,下身圍獸皮,頸間掛五十人頭串,長蛇繞頸,於腹部昂 頭。六手各執法器,胸前雙手,右手執鉞刀,左手捧盛滿鮮血的嘎巴拉碗;身後 上方兩手,右手執骷髏手串,左手執箭。身後下方右手執手鼓,左手鈎索遺失。底座爲活動單層蓮瓣座,蓮瓣光滑飽滿。整器面部表情刻畫尤爲突出,其忿怒像 使人視之不寒而栗,將主像之法力無邊展現得淋漓盡致,鎏金厚實,金色燦爛, 保存完好,極其難得。來源: 華盛頓貝爾維尤私人收藏
Property from a private collection in Bellevue, Washington