A black stone stele of Ganesha
A black stone stele of Ganesha

NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY

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A black stone stele of Ganesha
Northeastern India, Pala period, 11th century
Dancing on a double-lotus base and holding various implements in his eight outstretched hands, dressed in a short dhoti and adorned with the sacred thread, the face serene with steady gaze flanked by the flapping ears and surmounted by a tall chignon, flanked by two seated musicians with drums and cymbals with the rat and a donor figure below
16½ in. (41.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Heeramaneck Collection, New York, 1960's
Heeramaneck Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 2 November 1988, lot 35
Doris Wiener, New York
The Phyllis and Walter Shorenstein Collection
Christie's New York, 22 March 2011, lot 419

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