Mahakala Panjaranatha (Protector of the Tent), late 14th–early 15th century

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Mahakala Panjaranatha (Protector of the Tent), late 14th–early 15th century, Tibet, Steatite with color and gilding, H. 7 in. ( cm); W. 4 1/2 in. ( cm); D. 1 1/2 in. ( 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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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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