Description: Panjaranata Mahakala. Mongolia / Tibet. Old partially fire-gilt copper- bronze statue. Cold gold and polychrome painting. New wooden pedestal. Height 22.5 cm / 8.9" (total), height 18 cm / 7.1" (statue). Weight: 1720 g. From Hamburg private collection. The hands of the Buddhist Dharmapala holding a kartika with a vajra handle and a kapala. Kneeling posture. Wrathful facial expression and flaming hair. Wearing a skull crown, a skull chain, snake ornaments, and big earrings as well as a tiger skin around hips. Signs of age and wear. New covers for ritual filling openings included. Very rare depiction of the "lord of the pavilion" from the Hevajra tantra.