A Maharashtra copper alloy altar of Ganesha. Central India. 18th century - image-1
A Maharashtra copper alloy altar of Ganesha. Central India. 18th century - image-2
A Maharashtra copper alloy altar of Ganesha. Central India. 18th century - image-3
A Maharashtra copper alloy altar of Ganesha. Central India. 18th century - image-1A Maharashtra copper alloy altar of Ganesha. Central India. 18th century - image-2A Maharashtra copper alloy altar of Ganesha. Central India. 18th century - image-3

Lot 17 Dα

A Maharashtra copper alloy altar of Ganesha. Central India. 18th century

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 1.134 € (incl. premium)

A Maharashtra copper alloy altar of Ganesha. Central India. 18th century

In three parts. The figure of Ganesha holds his trunk to the right in order to nibble at the ball of sweetmeats, his three attributes missing, inserted into a stepped base on four feet, the back plate with a kirttimukha at the top, one peg missing.
Height 14.8 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Northwestern Germany, thence by family descent

Literature

Cornelia Mallebrein, Die anderen Götter. Volks- und Stammesbronzen aus Indien, Cologne 1993, p. 183, fig. 107