Origin: North India.Alluvial region (doab) between GangesAnd Yamuna. Dynasty: Copper Hort culture. Date: 2nd millennium B.C. Technique: Copper with dark green patina. The surface with finely hatched structure. Description: The human-like figure seems to stand with legs spread wideApartAndArms resting on the hips,And is radiatingAnAir of great power. Compared to the few knownAnthropomorphic idols from thisArea, this one is spectacular high. Characteristic is the thickened edge at the "head"And the knife-like edgesAt "arms"And "legs". Measurement: Height 59.8cm. Frame/Pedestal: OnA base. ConditionA/B. Supplement: Catalog\; Coco Fronsac: Idoles. Paris 2019. Originally broken in five parts with virtually no loss of material, professionally restored.
Hoard finds of copper objects in northern India, especially in the doab plain between GangesAnd Yamuna, have been known since the 19th c. Since noAncientArchitectural structuresAnd no graves have been found near these finds, it has so far been difficult toAssign them toA specific culture. Scholars, in particular Paul YuleAnd D. P.Agrawal, have now carried out extensive research on these finds, which helps to date them to the 2nd millennium BCAnd most likely to the 2nd half of this century.
Provenance: -Private collection France, since the 1970s.
Publication: -Coco Fronsac: Idoles. Exhbition in theAbbaye de Cluny. Paris. 21.5.-27.7.2019. Fig. p. 11.