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SOUTH INDIA, KERALA, 15TH-17TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of Mahaganapati
South India, Kerala, 15th-17th century
Seated on a round lotus base over a square throne with wife on his left knee, holding a goad, noose, tusk and other objects in his eight radiating arms, wearing finely detailed jewelry and a pleated sash, backed by an elaborate openwork aureole
12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm.) high
South India, Kerala, 15th-17th century
Seated on a round lotus base over a square throne with wife on his left knee, holding a goad, noose, tusk and other objects in his eight radiating arms, wearing finely detailed jewelry and a pleated sash, backed by an elaborate openwork aureole
12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1983
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. 69
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1983