A Maharashtra copper alloy figure group of the ten-armed Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha. Central India. Early 18th century - image-1
A Maharashtra copper alloy figure group of the ten-armed Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha. Central India. Early 18th century - image-2
A Maharashtra copper alloy figure group of the ten-armed Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha. Central India. Early 18th century - image-1A Maharashtra copper alloy figure group of the ten-armed Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha. Central India. Early 18th century - image-2

Lot 15 Dα

A Maharashtra copper alloy figure group of the ten-armed Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha. Central India. Early 18th century

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 300 € - 400 €
Result: 504 € (incl. premium)
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A Maharashtra copper alloy figure group of the ten-armed Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha. Central India. Early 18th century

The five-headed Shiva sits on a round pedestal, his main hands supporting Parvati, who sits on his left thigh and Ganesha, who sits on the right, in his subsidiary hands various attributes, two hands are missing, on his head, the river Ganga winds through Shiva's braided hair.
Height 8.2 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Northwestern Germany, thence by family descent

Literature

Cornelia Mallebrein, Die anderen Götter. Volks- und Stammesbronzen aus Indien, Cologne 1993, p. 65, fig. 32