A Karnataka/Maharashtra copper alloy bronze figure of Skanda. Southern India. 17th/18th century - image-1
A Karnataka/Maharashtra copper alloy bronze figure of Skanda. Southern India. 17th/18th century - image-2
A Karnataka/Maharashtra copper alloy bronze figure of Skanda. Southern India. 17th/18th century - image-3
A Karnataka/Maharashtra copper alloy bronze figure of Skanda. Southern India. 17th/18th century - image-1A Karnataka/Maharashtra copper alloy bronze figure of Skanda. Southern India. 17th/18th century - image-2A Karnataka/Maharashtra copper alloy bronze figure of Skanda. Southern India. 17th/18th century - image-3

Lot 11 Dα

A Karnataka/Maharashtra copper alloy bronze figure of Skanda. Southern India. 17th/18th century

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 1.008 € (incl. premium)

A Karnataka/Maharashtra copper alloy bronze figure of Skanda. Southern India. 17th/18th century

The six-headed son of Shiva is riding on a peacock which is standing on a lotus above a rectangular pedestal, Skanda's main hands in mudra, the other ten arms spread radially around his body.
Height 7.7 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Northwestern Germany, thence by family descent

Literature

Cornelia Mallebrein, Die anderen Götter. Volks- und Stammesbronzen aus Indien, Cologne 1993, p. 69, fig. 27