Details
- Title : DANCING GANESHA
- Year : 17th or 18th Century
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Bronze
- Dimension : Height 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.)
- Accession No : GNM_LOT 86_PUN_17
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Collection : PUNDOLE’S
- Status : LIVE AUCTION The Art of the Himalayas from the Collection of Roshan Sabavala (M0009) (As per NOV 2021)
- ESTIMATED : ₹80,000 - ₹120,000
- SOLD : ₹80,000
- NOTE : Lord Ganesha in his six-armed form raises his right leg in a lively dance. He is flanked by two consorts or attendants, one with her right foot also raised in dance. Ganesha's vahana, the rat stands at his Lord's feet, with a plump mango at his side. Ganesha is surrounded by an ornate torana with swirling foliate design inset with makaras, each with raised trunks. The torana is surmounted by a kirtimukha and miniature parasol. It is probable that the current bronze formed the finial to an oil lamp, for a similar fitting, see Dr. Pratapaditya Pal, Art of Nepal, Los Angeles, 1985, p. 124, cat. no. S50.