新石器時代 燧石 細柄斧漏斗杯文化 - 220 mm
編號 82533515
花崗岩 奧裡薩邦甘尼薩花崗岩雕像,13 世紀 - 64.5 cm
編號 82533515
花崗岩 奧裡薩邦甘尼薩花崗岩雕像,13 世紀 - 64.5 cm
Description
A musueum quality ganesha sculpture - Orissa style
Standing in sambhanga on a lotus pedestal with a female worshipper kneeling at his side above a crouching rat.
Wearing a short dhoti, sacred thread, and beaded jewelry. In his four hands he is holding a staff, rosary, broken tusk, and a bowl of sweets, from which he samples with his curved trunk.
The face with almond-shaped eyes centered by a circular design, flanked by prominent veined ears, the head surmounted by an elaborate headdress
Video link
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/t7sexkebxgonj647gt6a1/h?rlkey=7mkl64qdkwdu2p7vpkb6udntp&dl=0
Provenance:
From the collection of Jean-Marc Andral, acquired between 1996 and 2005 at Galerie Carré des Antiquaires in Versailles, France.
A copy of a provenance statement, written and signed by Jean-Marc Andral, dated 31 July 2022, accompanies this lot.
Jean-Marc Andral is a Belgian manager based in Brussels and active in the healthcare industry for over 25 years.
Condition:
Very good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, losses, nicks and scratches, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, few structural cracks. Solid, naturally grown patina.
Weight: 46 kg
Literature comparison:
Compare a related schist figure of Ganesha, 119 cm high, attributed to Orissa and dated to the 13 th century, with a similar lotus pedestal and veined ears, and holding the same attributes, in the British Museum, registration number 1872,0701.59.
Compare also a related and slightly earlier granite figure of Ganesha, 86.4 cm high, dated to the late Chola dynasty, 10 th-12 th century, from the Avery Brundage collection and now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, object number B63S45+.
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