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NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
Details
A black stone relief of Ganesha
Northeastern India, Pala period, 10th century
The Remover of Obstacles dancing within a niche beneath a tripartite halo, his body unusually lithe and clad in a stippled dhoti, beaded upavita, necklace, and bracelets, his four arms holding the mace, plump radish, and dancer's fans, his elephant face with long trunk, furrowed brow centered by a third eye, wide ears, and conical jatamukuta, with two flying vidyadharas and ripe mangoes above, musicians beside him and the donor and rat vahana below
18¾ in. (47.6 cm.) high
Northeastern India, Pala period, 10th century
The Remover of Obstacles dancing within a niche beneath a tripartite halo, his body unusually lithe and clad in a stippled dhoti, beaded upavita, necklace, and bracelets, his four arms holding the mace, plump radish, and dancer's fans, his elephant face with long trunk, furrowed brow centered by a third eye, wide ears, and conical jatamukuta, with two flying vidyadharas and ripe mangoes above, musicians beside him and the donor and rat vahana below
18¾ in. (47.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Europe, 1980s
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 2009
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 2009
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