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1907,1111.143

ink and colours on wood

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Title

Painted panel of seated Ganeśa.

Date

600 to 799

Find site

Endere Fort

Measurement

height 12 centimetres, width 13.3 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Subject

Hinduism

Description

Scope and content : E. ii. 1. Painted panel. Seated Ganeśa, crowned (yellow). Arm, wrist, and ankle ornaments (yellow). Tiger skin Dhōti (yellow), tight Paijāmas (dark brown), feet bare. Head three-quarters to R. p., yellow. Rest of flesh — pink. Outlines red. Eyebrows, eyelashes, and pupils black. Cushion red and dark-brown vesica; field green; outer edge deep red with fine black line outside, and border of white dots inside, next green. Rosary of white dots. Four arms. R. p. front in lap holding bowl of fruit (?); back, upraised holding spear-head (?). L. p. front, at breast holding long-shaped turnip; back, upraised holding axe. Background of panel white with a few small ornaments. Height 4⅝", width 5¼". Wood and painting well-preserved. See Pl. LXXVIII.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1900-01

Find site identifier

EndF.

Stein site number

E.ii.1

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