FOUR BRONZE SCULPTURES, INDIA, 13TH CENTURY AND LATER

A. A Chola bronze of a seated female deity holding a child
B. A seated male deity, probably Kerala, with a fragmentary auriole on a rectangular base
C. A standing figure of an elephant
D. A plaque in the form of a standing elephant clutching a flowering branch, with stand

1. Signficant wear and rusting 2. Missing most of auriole, wear and rusting 3. splitting and losses due to rusting and degradation of metal, some associated with casting flaws, heavily rusted 4. rusting with built-up accretions, pierced once for attachment As viewed.
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