A brass figure titled "Brahmarupa Mahakala," Tibet, 17th century, roughly 6 5/8 inches in height. The figure shows Mahakala in the wrathful form in which he is said to have appeared to the god Brahma. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 2007.1, Asian Art department.
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Origins
Date of Creation Subject Matter
Depicted SubjectMahakala in his Brahmarupa form, a wrathful protector deity of Tibetan Buddhism 1 Medium (class) Custody
Current LocationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1 Current CustodianThe Metropolitan Museum of Art 1 Custody HistoryPurchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2007 1 Attributions
TraditionTibetan Vajrayana Buddhism 1 Physical Form
DimensionsH. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm); W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); D. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm) 1 Rights and Reproduction
Reproduction and CopyrightThe Metropolitan Museum of Art has designated this work as being in the public domain and makes it available through its Open Access policy; no permission is required for reproduction. 1 Connections
Associated With
This source names Brahma directly: "A brass figure titled "Brahmarupa Mahakala," Tibet, 17th century, roughly 6 5/8 inches in height."
Source Brahmarupa Mahakala, accession 2007.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Belongs to Tradition
Source Brahmarupa Mahakala, accession 2007.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Derived: this work depicts a figure already recorded as belonging to this tradition; the work-to-tradition link is inferred from that live depicts edge and the figures own attested tradition affiliation, not independently sourced beyond it.
Depicts
The Met's own title for this figure names the subject outright, "Brahmarupa Mahakala," a narrative identification of a specific wrathful form rather than a bare tag.
Source Brahmarupa Mahakala, accession 2007.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Originated In
Tibet, Regions Source Brahmarupa Mahakala, accession 2007.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Sources
1. Brahmarupa Mahakala, accession 2007.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art- accession 2007.1
catalogue record, medium/object-type description
A brass figure titled "Brahmarupa Mahakala," Tibet, 17th century, roughly 6 5/8 inches in height.
- Originated In: Tibet, Stored region property on this entity, cited to this source: Tibet
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