Antique Indian Ganesha Travel Bronze – Personal Devotional Figure, 18th–19th Century

Object details

• Subject: four-armed Ganesha / Ganapati
• Function: small portable devotional bronze, suitable for personal worship or travel
• Origin: India
• Date: 18th–19th century, working range c. 1750–1850
• Material: bronze / copper alloy
• Dimensions: H 7.1 × W 5.2 cm
• Weight: 100 g
• Pose: lalitasana with one leg pendant

A portable personal Ganesha

At just 7.1 cm high, this figure belongs naturally to the world of intimate personal devotion. Its scale makes sense as a portable bronze that could be carried, kept with travelling possessions or placed on a small household shrine. The compact four-armed form and pendant leg give the sculpture a direct regional character.

The surface records handling rather than display alone. Raised areas of the trunk, hands and knees are smoothly worn, while protected recesses retain dense green copper corrosion and darker brown accretions.

Casting and patina

The copper alloy shows irregular cast texture, local pitting and a layered surface built up over time. Several attributes survive only in softened outline, consistent with prolonged devotional use.

Condition

Substantial age-related wear with small casting and corrosion openings, local losses and smoothing to projecting details. The underside remains heavily oxidised and does not show modern machine finishing.

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