A LARGE CHINESE GILT-BRONZE DALI KINGDOM-STYLE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA

A LARGE CHINESE GILT-BRONZE DALI KINGDOM-STYLE FIGURE OF MAHAKALA
PROBABLY LATE QING DYNASTY

The wrathful four-armed guardian holding a kapala in his primary right hand, adorned with a tiara, bracelets and necklaces decorated with severed heads, skulls and snakes, his hair secured with a headdress with a seated Buddhist figure, with a fitted wood stand, 10kg, 42cm.

Provenance: with a copy of an invoice written in French dated 5th June 1932 which can be translated to 'Receipt for Mr Walter, Inspector General of Posts, the sum of 500 francs for the purchase of a standing statue... which comes from the temples which were destroyed during the Vietnam wars before the reconstitution...'.

晚清 (可能) 銅鎏金仿大理國大黑天立像
來源: 附有一份日期為1932年6月5日以法語書寫的發票副本，其內容可譯為：「給郵政總監Walter先生收據，總額500法郎，用於購買一座立像……該雕像來自於在越南戰爭前被毀壞的寺廟，之後才得以重建……」。