A RARE HINDU BRONZE DEITYIndia, 17th - 18th century. Finely cast bronze with neatly incised details. The four-armed deity holds a sword, a bowl, a fly-wheel and a whisk as attributes and sits in front of a leaf-bordered halo. Provenance: Sotheby’s, ‘Artefacts recovered from the Wreck of the S.S. Medina’, Sussex, May 26th, 1988, lot 54. A copy of a written expertise by Graham Turner, author of ‘The Fishing Tackle, the Ultimate Collectors Guide’, is accompanying this lot.Condition: Good condition with fine patina, some old wear and a few tiny dents and nicks here and there. Weight: 1277.5 grams. Dimensions: Height 19 cm.RMS Medina was an ocean liner built by Caird and Company, Greenock, Scotland, in 1911, for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. During building it was decided that Medina would take King George V and Queen Mary to India for the Delhi Durbar. Medina was, therefore, initially commissioned into the Royal Navy as the Royal Yacht and her crew were mainly naval personnel. Various large rooms intended for public use were redecorated as Royal apartments. Eventually, German SM UB-31 torpedoed her off Start Point, Devon, on 28 April 1917. Today Medina's wreck is upright with a 15-degree list to port. She is reasonably intact despite salvage of copper and passengers' baggage from forward holds.