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A BRASS SHRINE WITH A FIGURE OF GANESHA, SOUTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
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04月17日 下午5点 开拍 /15天1小时
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A BRASS SHRINE WITH A FIGURE OF GANESHA, SOUTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURYSeparately cast in three parts, the deity standing in samabhanga atop a waisted pedestal with his rat vahana crouching between his feet. The radiating arms holding a goad, broken tusk, noose and elephant trunk lowering the sweets to his mouth. The pot-bellied deity is wearing a dhoti secured by a beaded belt issuing sashes to the sides, his animal face detailed by wide almond-shaped eyes below arched brows, and crowned by a tall mukata comprising of diminishing rings, terminating in a lotus bud.The figure is raised on a tiered pedestal supporting a reticulated flaming aureole centered by a kirtimukha mask above a five-headed naga. (3)Provenance: Collection of The Royal Asian Art Society in the Netherlands, bequeathed by Erik Maten and Hans van der Veer, Deventer, Netherlands. The Royal Asian Art Society in the Netherlands (Koninklijke Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, in short KVVAK) was founded on 29 June 1918 by engineer and art connoisseur H. F. E. Visser (1890-1965) and collector and antiquarian G. J. Verburgt. Their goal was to disclose high-quality Asian art to a wider audience, to create interest in it and to stimulate academic research in the field of Asian art. Erik Maten (born 1944) is an Indologist and lawyer, who studied Sanskrit with a minor in Art History at the University of Utrecht, later reading law at the University of Amsterdam. Together with his partner, Hans van der Veer (born 1951), a metallographer, Maten started an esteemed collection, part of which is now housed in the Asian Pavilion, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The couple primarily collect South and Southeast Asian sculptures, especially bronzes, supplemented with thangkas as well as Japanese scroll paintings and prints.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and casting irregularities. Small nicks, minor dings, little warping. The brass with a fine, naturally grown, smooth patina.Weight: 2,750 g Dimensions: Height 30 cmIn Puranic literature, there is an amusing story about Ganesha's broken tusk: After feasting on sweets one day, Ganesha was returning home on his mount, a mouse. The poor mouse, unable to bear Ganesha's weight, dropped the deity and as a result, Ganesha's stomach burst open spilling sweets. The moon witnessed this scene from the sky and burst into laughter. Ganesha reacted by breaking off one of his tusks and angrily thrusting it at the moon, which is why we see dark spots on the surface of the moon.Literature comparison: Compare a closely related South Indian bronze figure of a four-armed Ganesha, dated to the 19th century, sold by Michael Backman Ltd., London, inventory number 12.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's New York, 21 March 2008, lot 768 Price: USD 5,000 or approx. EUR 6,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A bronze figure of Shiva and Parvati with Nandi, India, Maharashtra, 18th century Expert remark: Compare the related casting and form. Note the different subject with the two figures seated on Nandi. Note the larger size (41.3 cm).

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