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GANESHA WITH ATTENDANTS The ‘Remover of Obstacles’ is seated casually on a divan set in the
SCHOOL OF SAJNU, MANDI, CIRCA 1810-20 midst of a cloud pavilion, relishing the tray presented before him. His
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. consorts see to his comfort with sweets and a flywhisk, while further
Image: 13 5/8 x 19 3/8 in. (33.2 x 49.7 cm); beautiful maidens attend to the upkeep of his palace. A backup tray of
Folio: 15 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. (39.1 x 51.1 cm) treats lies on the floor beneath him under the watchful eyes of a pair
of Ganesha’s rat mounts. They patiently await crumbs, and from the
looks of their plump forms, there will be plenty to go round once the
$40,000 - 60,000
master has had his fill.

This delightful painting would have most certainly formed the Poster identified a similar frontispiece in Realms of Heroism, Brooklyn,
frontispiece of a large-format Bhagavata Purana or other series. It 1994, p.255, no.207. Two further closely related examples were sold
depicts Ganesha, the merry, brilliant-orange, elephant-headed god at Sotheby’s, London, 5 July 1982, lot 56; and Sotheby’s, New York,
being rightfully attended to with plenty of his favorite sweets. He is March 23, 2000, lot 222. The latter also features two rats. Additional
invoked at the start of any endeavor, not the least at the beginning of examples offered at Sotheby’s, London, 10 June 1983, lot 60; 20
an illustrated book. March 2001, lot 13; and Bonhams, London, 7 October 2010, lot 366.

Provenance
Mandi Royal Collection
German Private Collection, 1969
Rob Dean Art, London, November 2013

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