Figure of Ganesha (Figure of Gaṇeśa)

Figure of Gaṇeśa. Typically corpulent and holding a bowl of sweets, the god is shown standing on a lotus pedestal at the base of which crouches his rat 'vahana'. His anklets are of snakes, as is the sacred thread wound across his chest.

Kind

artefact

Date

1200–1299 CE