Sri Hanuman Carrying Herb Mountain 1890's Polychromed Marble Sculpture Very Fine

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Sri Hanuman the Monkey King Bearing the Mountaintop with Sanjivani Medicinal Herbs -
Late 19th century white marble carving with polychrome applied.
Dimensions: Height 13” Width 7”  Depth 3.5”    Weight: 12.5 LBS (5642) Grams)
An unusualy perfect and energetic rendering in every respect. Hanuman's visage captures the essence of his character. A superb devotional for the Hanuman Bhakti !
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This devotional image of Hanuman celebrates his most famous heroic feat—carrying the Himalayan Mount Vindaya to Rama and Lakshmana, who, gravely wounded in combat, were in desperate need of the medicinal herbs that grow on its upper slopes  Unsure which plants to gather, Hanuman breaks off the entire peak and carries it through the sky back to Rama.  This lively and well executed and polychromed sculpture is emblematic of the strategic importance of Hanuman's alliance to Rama's victory against Ravana on Lanka. This sculpture is a reminder of the significant cult devoted to Hanuman that emerged in later periods; his supernatural strength, military prowess, and above all loyalty were qualities much admired to this day
across all of India.
The Sanjivani Herb that Hanuman was seeking is best known for its appearance in the Valmiki Ramayana. According to this epic, when Ram was battling Ravana in far-off Sri Lanka in order to rescue his wife, Sita, from the Sri Lankan ruler’s clutches, his brother Lakshman was seriously wounded.
Ram then sent for the physician Sushena to help revive his brother, and it is said that Sushena ordered Ram’s main attendant, Hanuman, to fly to the greatest among the mountains, the Himalayas (
Nag Sreshta Himavant
), and bring him the
mrit sanjivani
(literally, an infuser of life) plant so that he could revive the comatose young warrior.
Sushena told Hanuman that the plant grows in the Drongiri range of the Himalayas, and gives off a strange light, enabling it to be spotted in the dark. Hanuman left immediately but when he arrived in the mountains, he was confused and did not know where to look.
Finally, the epic says, rather than delay matters any further, this powerful son of Vayu, the wind god, excised an entire hillside that was said to contain the plant, and took off. Lakshmana was revived and the rest, as they say, is history.