A copper alloy figure of Skanda
South India, 16th/17th century
South India, 16th/17th century
Originally from a Somaskanda triad, the boyhood deity coiffed in a high headdress, depicted nude but for a sash at the waist and elaborate jewelry, holding lotuses in each upraised hand and standing in a slight crouch upon a simply rendered waisted plinth.
11 1/2in (29cm) high
Provenance
Leo Van der Veen Collection, Canada, before 1975
Thence by descent
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South India, 16th/17th century
South India, 16th/17th century
Originally from a Somaskanda triad, the boyhood deity coiffed in a high headdress, depicted nude but for a sash at the waist and elaborate jewelry, holding lotuses in each upraised hand and standing in a slight crouch upon a simply rendered waisted plinth.
11 1/2in (29cm) high
Provenance
Leo Van der Veen Collection, Canada, before 1975
Thence by descent
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