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KHMER
A Rare Bronze Figure of Ganesha
KHMER, BAPHUON STYLE, 11TH CENTURY
Details
A Rare Bronze Figure of Ganesha
Khmer, Baphuon Style, 11th Century
Well cast standing on a circular waisted plinth, reaching out with his trunk to his left hand holding sweets and with his broken tusk in his right hand, the hair delineated in vertical strands and wearing a short sampot gathered in a butterfly sash at the reverse, with an attractive deep brown patina overall
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
Khmer, Baphuon Style, 11th Century
Well cast standing on a circular waisted plinth, reaching out with his trunk to his left hand holding sweets and with his broken tusk in his right hand, the hair delineated in vertical strands and wearing a short sampot gathered in a butterfly sash at the reverse, with an attractive deep brown patina overall
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Pan-Asian Collection
Literature
P. Pal, Elephants and Ivories in South Asia, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981, cat. no. 57, illus.