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Ornamental disc with depiction of "hanuman" ·  India · ID: 3040007

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Size
H: 16 cm
H: 6.3 inch

Description

openwork design, striding “hanuman” in the centre with a crushed demon at his feet, his right hand apraised with palm facing forward in “abhaya mudra” gesture, his tail forms an aureole over his head and has a bell attached to its end, seven-headed serpent extends over the head, patina, acrylic base;
“hanuman” is generally protrayed as a dwarfish human being with the head of a monkey.


The object Ornamental disc with depiction of “hanuman” with the object ID 3040007 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 27.

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Comparing literature

Figiel, Leo S., Ritual Bronzes of Maharashtra and Karnataka, Boynton Beach 2007, p. 81


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