Early Indian Bronze Figure of Ganesh

LATE CHOLA PERIOD, 13TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER

2 in. (91 grams, 50 mm).

The elephant god depicted seated, holding an ankusha, a noose, his broken right tusk and his trunk in his four hands, with a rounded belly and anklets around his ankles, and a rat figure at the base of the throne. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a Canadian collection, previously acquired from an antiques dealer in Chor Bazar, Mumbai, India.
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.

Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.

CONDITION

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LOT 2715