A GOLD AND SILVER INLAID COPPER GROUP OF GANESHA AND SHAKTI

Description:

South-India, Nayak-Periode, ca. 17th c.
H. 12,4 cm
Ganesha, probably in his manifestation of Mahaganapati, is seated in lalitasana on a lotus base with his rat to its front, his shakti seated on his left upper leg, his ten arms radiating around his body, the hands holding various attributes including the broken-tusk, axe, noose, lotus and one holding his shakti, wearing dhoti fastened around his middle with a belt, bejewelled, pot-bellied, his elephant head displaying a serene expression with ruby-inlaid eyes, curling trunk, one broken tusk, floppy ears, a conical-shaped headdress and a cakra behind his head, his shakti holding a lotus in her left hand while the right is embracing his partner, wearing sari, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression with ruby-inlaid eyes and urna and a conical-shaped headdress.
From a South German private collection, acquired prior to 2007- Minor wear, slightly chipped