INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, 10TH CENTURY

Details

A sandstone figure of Ganesha
India, Uttar Pradesh, 10th century
Dancing on a lotus base with his multiple arms holding various attributes, wearing a short tiger-skin dhoti and sacred thread, the trunk curling playfully to the right
32 in. (81.3 cm.) high

Provenance

The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1999

Literature

Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 60 and 287, cat. no. 70

Exhibited

On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1999

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Lot Essay

The theme of the dancing Ganesha, in which he follows in the footsteps of his father, Shiva Nataraja, particularly captivated the sculptors of Central India and they produced some of the liveliest examples between the 8th and 11th centuries. This signature piece of the collection ranks among the best of its type. Ganesha is sculpted with voluptuous forms as well as a sense of joyful elegance and agility.

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