$6,300
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Auction: October 14, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
The four-armed god depicted frontally, seated on a carved rounded seat with a rat to the front, the reverse with engraved decoration, later wood stand.
H: 8 1/2 in.Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Giraud V. and Carolyn Foster; acquired prior to 1974.
NOTE: Compare the larger (32 in. high) figure of a seated Ganesh, dated to the 12th century, a gift from of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Manheim to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, see Pratapaditya Pal, "Indian Sculpture" vol. 2, p. 275, no. 146a.