Remains of gilding within recessed areas
Details
- Title : A COPPER ALLOY REPOUSSÉ PLAQUE OF DANCING GANESHA
- Year : 18TH/19TH CENTURY
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : COPPER ALLOY REPOUSSÉ
- Dimension : 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.) high
- Accession No : GNM_LOT 19_BON_20
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Collection : Bonhams
- Status : Online only : Sold for €1,083.75 inc. premium / Himalayan Art Online Art Bouddhiste et Hindou de l'Himalaya Paris
- Footnotes : A bronze figure of the same subject, dated 1849 CE, was sold at Bonhams, New York, 16 March 2021, lot 301. Also, compare the similar crown type of a stone example, attributed to circa 18th century, in von Schroeder, Nepalese Stone Sculptures, Vol.I, Weesen, 2019, pp.316-7, no.101E.
- Provenance : Private European Collection assembled in the 1960s and 1970s