Bronze Bhuta Panjurli Riding A Wild Boar - 18th Century Apothecary Cabinets with four solid shelves offering

with four solid shelves offering generous and practical storage

family jewellery and the yak butter used in votive lamps

reinforcing the spiritual and astrological nature of the composition

and surface marks consistent with age

Bronze Bhuta Panjurli Riding A Wild Boar - 18th Century Apothecary Cabinets with four solid shelves offeringThis bronze Bhuta figure is from Karnataka and features Panjurli riding a wild boar. It is rare, a great collectors piece, and incredibly special dating to the 18th century. Panjurli is the divine spirit of a male wild boar worshipped as a part of Bhuta Kola. Panjurli is usually seen with a boar head, but here, he has a human head with a stylised tusk shaped moustache. Panjurli is often seen with a bell in one hand and a sword in the other. The bell