A Maharashtra copper alloy figure of Ganesha. Central India. 18th/19th century - image-1
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A Maharashtra copper alloy figure of Ganesha. Central India. 18th/19th century - image-1A Maharashtra copper alloy figure of Ganesha. Central India. 18th/19th century - image-2A Maharashtra copper alloy figure of Ganesha. Central India. 18th/19th century - image-3A Maharashtra copper alloy figure of Ganesha. Central India. 18th/19th century - image-4

Lot 18 Dα

A Maharashtra copper alloy figure of Ganesha. Central India. 18th/19th century

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 700 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.638 € (incl. premium)

A Maharashtra copper alloy figure of Ganesha. Central India. 18th/19th century

Seated on a coiled naga above a square base, the right hand holding a large bowl, the left hand stretched out, the subsidiary hands forming fists.
Height 9.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Northwestern Germany, thence by family descent

Literature

Cornelia Mallebrein, Die anderen Götter. Volks- und Stammesbronzen aus Indien, Cologne 1993, p. 67, fig. 25