清乾隆 銅鎏金六臂瑪哈嘎拉 The six-armed deity standing on a lotus base, the principal arms raised at the chest holding a kartrika and a kapala, with the secondary and tertiary hands holding various attributes including a mala and damaru, the fierce face with bared fangs and bulging eyes, the head surmounted by flaming hair and a crown of skulls. Qing Dynasty period. 瑪哈嘎拉是佛法中最重要之智慧法，宜秘密供養、修持，則其加持迅速，日 夜不斷。是佛教之護法，觀音之化身，平常隨侍觀音。具有息、增、懷、誅四種 事業法。修持六臂瑪哈嘎拉能降服和救度末法時期中逐漸惡化的眾生，能庇護眾 生，脫離中陰身之苦，解除眾生生活的艱苦及貧窮，圓滿眾生一切善願。此像頭向左側微傾，戴五骷髏冠，火焰狀豎發上揚，發中有一條小蛇隱現， 面相兇忿。上身飾瓔珞，下身圍獸皮，整器面部表情刻畫尤爲突出，其忿怒像使人視之不寒而栗，將主像之法力無邊展現得淋漓盡致，鎏金厚實，金色燦爛， 保存完好，極其難得。來源: 華盛頓貝爾維尤私人收藏