Shadbhuja Mahakala. Tibet / China. Thanka painting on canvas, 69 x 53 cm. From German private collection. Mahakala's six hands holding a mala, a damaru, a kartika, a kapala, a trisula and a lasso. Standing in powerful sidestep on a Vedic elephant-headed deity and a lotus pedestal. Wrathful expression and flaming hair. Wearing a skull crown, some snake ornaments and a tiger skin around his hips. Slight signs of age.