A vintage Indian bronze of the elephant god Ganesha in four-armed form standing on a single petal lotus throne on a stepped base.

Cast in copper-rich bronze, using the lost wax process. 1940-1970. 

Ganesha, the elephant headed son of Shiva, is widely revered as the remover of obstacles and the bringer of good luck. He is the patron of arts and sciences, the deva of intellect and wisdom. As the god of beginnings, he is honoured at the start of rites and ceremonies. 

He is depicted here with four arms, an axe and noose in his upper arms, and sweetmeats feeding his trunk in the lower left. His lower right holds his right tusk, said to have been broken off in a fight with Parshuram.

This depiction of Ganesha would have been cast in a copper-rich bronze in a folk foundry in Tamil Nadu. The hand-modelled irregular surface,  the thick, almost primitive lost-wax casting, the darkened interior with early oxidation and the wear on high points from decades of puja handling all pointing to a mid-20th century attribution, circa 1940-1970

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Height: 15 cms. Width: 8 cms. Depth: 5.5 cms. Weight: 0.620 Kgs. 

Price: £65.00. 

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SKU number: 12910.

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