Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c9.64

v1.c9.64

Fig. 2, Pl. X is a very pretty ivory image of Kēvala-Gaṇapati carved in the School of Arts at Trivandram. It carries in its hands the same things which the image represented by fig. 1 does. Though influenced by Western art, the artist in this case has still followed to a great extent the ancient ideals of image-making, as is evidenced by the old conventional style of the *makuṭa*, by the folds of the drapery shown on the figure and by many other minor details.