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7TH/8TH CENTURY
Details
A Pre-Angkor sandstone figure of Ganesha
7th/8th century
Seated in virasana on a damaged base with crossed legs, his right hand holding the broken tusk, the left with sweet, his head with curling trunk reaching for the sweet, pair of eyes, one tusk and pair of large ears
21 cm (8 1/4 in) high
7th/8th century
Seated in virasana on a damaged base with crossed legs, his right hand holding the broken tusk, the left with sweet, his head with curling trunk reaching for the sweet, pair of eyes, one tusk and pair of large ears
21 cm (8 1/4 in) high
Provenance
Acquired in the early 1920's and thence by descent
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