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SOUTH INDIA, CHOLA PERIOD, 12TH CENTURY
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A bronze figure of Ganesha
South India, Chola period, 12th century
Standing in tribhanga on a lotus base over a plinth, holding the axe, noose, broken tusk and jar of sweets in his four hands, dressed in a short striated dhoti and adorned with swaying sashes, necklaces, and the sacred thread, the face flanked by his wide ears, surmounted by a conical headdress and backed by a shirashchakra
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high
South India, Chola period, 12th century
Standing in tribhanga on a lotus base over a plinth, holding the axe, noose, broken tusk and jar of sweets in his four hands, dressed in a short striated dhoti and adorned with swaying sashes, necklaces, and the sacred thread, the face flanked by his wide ears, surmounted by a conical headdress and backed by a shirashchakra
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Thailand, mid 1980s or earlier
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 2007
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 2007
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