A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF GANESHA, 12TH CENTURY OR EARLIEREastern India. The potbellied deity well cast seated in Royal Ease atop a neatly incised circular double lotus base, holding in his four hands a goad, noose, broken tusk, and bowl of sweets from which he samples with his elegantly curved trunk, wearing a conical headdress.Provenance: From an old private collection in the United Kingdom, acquired in Shanghai and Hong Kong from the 1930s onwards, and thence by descent.Condition: Good condition,mensurate with age. Extensive wear, small losses, minor dents, minuscule nicks, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations. Fine, naturally grown, rich patina with malachite encrustations.Weight: 99 gDimensions: Height 5 cmAuction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 17 December 2021, lot 3015Price: HKD 16,380 or approx.EUR 2,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A small bronze figure of Ganesha, Pala, Eastern India, 12th centuryExpert remark:pare the closely related pose, attributes, and size (4.9 cm).pare also the related lotus base, though with a beaded edge more typical of the Pala period, and the similar patina with malachite encrustations, though less pronounced than on the present lot.