Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
Property From a Private Japanese Collector
A Black Stone Stele of Ganesha India, Pala Period, 11th-12th Century
Auction Closed
September 20, 05:33 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property From a Private Japanese Collector
A Black Stone Stele of Ganesha
India, Pala Period, 11th-12th Century
Height 22 in. (55.9 cm)
the elephant-headed god of wealth dancing in a lively attitude on a lotus, his eight hands holding attributes including a rosary, battle-ax, broken tusk, lotus, cobra and bowl of sweets, two diminutive musicians flanking him and providing music, his rat vehicle in relief on the base, two garland-bearing apsaras centering a bunch of mangoes at the top
Collection of a Japanese Diplomat, acquired in Bangladesh, circa 1970.
A closely related six-armed dancing Ganesha showing a similar iconographical layout is located in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, see Pratapaditya Pal, ed., Ganesha: The Benevolent, Mumbai, 1995, p. 53, cat. no. 9.