figure
- Museum number
- 1861,1010.2
- Description
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Figure (Gaṇeśa). Made of stone (volcanic).
- Production date
- 11thC-12thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 62 centimetres
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Weight: 61 kilograms
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Width: 41 centimetres
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Depth: 30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Register says: "Presented to Mr Millett while travelling in Java, by a Rajah in 1831. These figures were secreted when the Mahometan suppressed Budhism in Java about 1200 or 1300 years ago. Siva seems to have been deposited in a River." Probably from Borobado.
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Register says:
Sandstone (dark coloured) seated statue of Gaṇeśa; four-armed, holding indistinct objects at the back, and in the front food, and a broken end of one of the tusks. Head realistically treated, nimbus at the back. Large paunch, dumpy legs. Seated on oblong lotus throne.
Medieval work. 11th or 12th century?
Whole plate XCV11. 22
Presented by Ch.Millet 1861
- Location
- On display (G30/od)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2017-2018, 10 Nov 2017 - 18 Feb 2018, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai, India, India and the World: A History in Nine Stories
2018, 6 May- 30 June, National Museum, New Delhi, India and the World: A History in Nine Stories
2025 22 May - 19 Oct, London, BM, G30, Ancient India: living traditions
- Acquisition date
- 1861
- Acquisition notes
- Register records: "Presented to Mr Millett while travelling in Java, by a Rajah in 1831. These figures were secreted when the Mahometans suppressed Buddhism in Java about 1200 or 1300 years ago. Siva seems to have been deposited in a River." "Probably from Borobado."
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1861,1010.2
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1861,1010.2 (duplicate Registration Number)
