A portrait of the god Ganesha in warm oranges, ochres and reds, cropped close: a jewelled crown across the top, one eye looking out from a fold of the brow, a red trident mark on the forehead, the trunk descending with a dotted red line along it, and a white tusk at the lower edge.

Room 02 · Devotional

Ganesha

The remover of obstacles, close enough to see the eye.

Hangs in Devotional, room 02 of 14: Older grammars — folk, ornament, and the painted god — kept alive by copying them well.

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