此像配有十八至十九世紀蒙古金屬龕。

The figure is in good condition, with just minor surface wear. There are some missing inlays on the gau box and some possibly replaced. Oxidisation and general surface wear.
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This diminutive and powerful worldly protector is depicted astride a horned beast which gallops through a sea of roiling blood, denoted here with traces of extant red polychromy. His three eyes bulge and his mouth is agape baring his teeth. Fierce worldly protectors within the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon, such as the current work, are adapted from earlier Indian Buddhist traditions, and can be found through the Nikaya, Mahayana and Vajrayana schools. These are not enlightened beings, but most often subjugated spirits which have been bound by oath to variously uphold and protect the dharma in all its forms: the sangha or communties of practitioners; the land or particular monasteries; and the sacred teachings and specific religious texts.