On May 17 Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York, is selling the collection of Indian artefacts from the estate of David Swope of Ossining, NY.

Extracted from Antiques Trade Gazette | Anne Crane

Swope travelled extensively through India, living in Bombay (Mumbai) in the 1960s where he spent two and a half years in the Peace Corps, and set up a legal aid society.

Indian sculpture in bronze and stone and paintings will feature. Among the highlights is this 10½in (26cm) high bronze standing figure of the deity Ganesha from Tamil Nadu.

It has an estimate of $8000-12,000.