Indian Seated Figure of Ganesh

Elephant-headed figure in a polished lotus seat flings two arms skyward.

This seated figure of ganesh is from Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, and is contemporary. It is makrana marble. Around 250 years ago Sawai Jai Singh II, a Rajput ruler, moved his capital to Jaipur and summoned the skilled sculptors, and Jaipur remains the center of marble carving in Rajasthan. Glossy white seated figure with a broad trunk, big ears and four arms, two raised high holding slim objects. Legs fold over a petal-carved seat, and a small mouse sits on the plain base below. It is 25 inches wide, 12 deep and 42 high.

Plump, polished, and delighted about something just out of frame.