Description: Bernagchen Mahakala. Tibet / China. Old partially fire-gilt copper sculpture. Cold gold and polychrome painting. Stone ornaments. Aureole and lotus pedestal removable. Height 25 cm (9.8"). Weight 2340 g. From North German private collection. The hands of the Buddhist Dharmapala holding a kapala and a kartika. The kartika has a vajra handle and a slightly split blade (might also be a bell). Standing in powerful alidha in front of a flaming aureole on a lotus pedestal. Wrathful facial expression and flaming hair. Wearing a skull crown, snake ornaments and a tiger skin around his hips. Bottom of the figure covered with copper consecration plate with seal. Slight signs of age.