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66 This graceful example is modeled with vigor and cheer. He dances
A SANDSTONE FIGURE OF GANESHA gingerly, his left leg cocked, his large tummy hanging over his little
Central India, 9th/10th century dhoti, his trunk curling to the left, tempted by the loaded tray of ladhu.
Flanked by musicians and garland bearers, Ganesh dances Meanwhile, musicians are struck in exaggerated poses, caught in the
with an ankus, blue lotus, snake, and tray of sweets in his hands, rhythm and rapture beside him. And his rat vahana is safely tucked
before a throneback of elephants, vyalas, and makaras. away behind his feet. ‘Ganesh dancing..is the image that most fully
17 1/4 x 14 1/4 (48.8 x 36.3 cm) conveys the joyous wisdom he embodies, the knowledge that humans
$20,000 - 30,000 are one with the Absolute.’ (Kramrisch, Philadelphia Museum of Art:
Handbook of the Collections, Philadelphia, 1995, p. 51.)

Provenance
Spink & Son, Ltd, London, May 1986
Private American Collection

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