Mahakala (front)
Stone
Mahakala (back)
石雕大黑天像
中國
大黑天一面三目，濃眉睜目，卷舌獠牙，現忿怒相。頭戴骷髏冠，頂飾化佛。身呈藍膚，棕髮衝天。雙手置於胸前，右握鉞刀，左托嘎巴拉碗，雙臂上橫置一杖。屈雙膝，雙足外展立於仰魔之上，後有尖拱形赤地背屏，緣飾火焰紋。背屏之背面鐫刻藏文題記，記載供養者、匠工等姓名及製造年代。
此件元世祖（1260～1294在位）時期尼瓦爾（Newar）風格的造像，以西藏雕像罕見的石灰岩為材質，並飾多彩及塗金，至今保存良好，是深受尼泊爾佛教藝術影響的最早期實例，亦是藏族藝術發展的重要史料。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 178.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mahakala." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 178.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Mahakala" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:178.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Mahakala. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 178).
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