Wearing a crown of human skulls and gold diadems upon his orange fiery hair, Mahakala, center, stands atop a prostrate human figure upon a multi-colored lotus base, enclosed in an aureole of flames He holds a vajra and chopper in his hands and wears a flowing green and burgundy scarf. His body is dark blue and he wears an orange and black tiger skin on his body. Within the fire-aureole are four deities with pointed flame-like hair and flowing robes associated with the Guge painting from Western Tibet. There is a figure standing before the offering table in the donor panel at lower left. The border is composed of registers of Tibetan Lamas and benevolent deities in various postures and mudras. Framed.