A bronze figure of Mahaganapati
A bronze figure of Mahaganapati

SOUTH INDIA, KERALA, 15TH CENTURY

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A bronze figure of Mahaganapati
South India, Kerala, 15th century
The ten-armed deity seated on a round lotus base over a stepped plinth with wife on his left knee, holding various implements arrayed around them and backed by an elaborate openwork aureole
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1996
Literature
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 59 and 287, cat. no. 68
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996

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