Lamp Stand Ornament

29-130-157

From: Nepal

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-130-157
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Nepalese | Buddhist
Provenience Nepal
Date Made 15th Century - 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Iconography Demon | Ganesha | Sword
Description

Black bronze top ornament for lamp stand. Three headed demon god with eight arms, brandishing a sword; below him. Ganesha on a semicircular altar; halo missing. Is this the top for A1276?

Height 20.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 29-131-6 - Other Number

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