A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE PLAQUE OF GANESHA
A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE PLAQUE OF GANESHA

NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER

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A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE PLAQUE OF GANESHA
NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER
The god of wealth seated in rajalilasana with his right knee resting on his rat, holding a mala, fly whisk, battle axe and bowl of sweets in his forehands, the elephant-form head centered by a third eye and surmounted by curled locks of hair and a knop
14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Kundus, San Francisco, 1 January 1982.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

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