Mahakala Panjaranatha (Protector of the Tent), late 14th–early 15th century, Tibet, Steatite with color and gilding, H. 7 in. (17.8 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), Sculpture, Mahakala is the principal destroyer of the bonds that tie us to spiritual ignorance. Here he plunges his flaying knife into the skull cup that simmers with a flaming sea of sense organs, and in the crook of his arms he holds a baton for summoning monks to assembly
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Mahakala Panjaranatha, Protector, Tent, late 14th–early 15th century, Tibet, Steatite, color, gilding, H, 7, 17.8 cm, W, 4 1/2, 11.4, D, 1, 3.8, Sculpture, Mahakala, principal destroyer, bonds, tie us, spiritual ignorance, plunges, flaying knife, skull cup, simmers, flaming sea, sense organs, crook, arms, holds, baton, summoning monks, assembly
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