Category
Asian Art
Medium
Panchdhatu - literally, "five metals") is a term for traditional five-metal alloys of sacred ...The Panchaloha alloy consists of gold, silver, lead, copper and iron. The percentage of metals used is 4 portions of silver, 1 portion of gold, 8 portions of lead, 8 portions of copper and a small quantity of iron, though this percentage might vary from region to region.
Condition
Mint
Date Period
7th century approx
Weight
ht.2.4 inch..width 1.5 inch.
Long Description
Ganesha is one of the most popular god of Hindus. Hindu tradition states that Ganesha is a god of wisdom, success and good luck and Hindu tradition states that by worshiping Ganesha, one can remove all obstacle and difficulties. He is also giver of different types of favours. The elephant head comes from the following mythology: Parvati was very proud of her son Ganesha and asked Shani (planet Saturn) to look at her son. Shani looked at the face of Ganesha, but the look burnt Ganesha’s face and he became headless. Then Brahma (the creator god of Hindus) advised Parvati to fix the first head of anything she could find. Parvati found a head of an elephant which she fixed on the body of Ganesha. Thus, Ganesha got an elephant’s head
History
7th century hindu worshipped idol
For Sale?
No
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