Bronze Ganesha

Seated on a coiled snake is this elephant headed god of purity, the son of a god of the Hindu Trinity. Nepal images tend to be influenced by similar ones made earlier in India . Nepal sculptures are also influenced by images from China . Images may have originally been painted on the faces or the entire figure.

NEPAL ART Large Bronze Ganesha C. 1800 A.D


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	Seated on a coiled snake is this elephant headed god of purity, the son of a god of the Hindu Trinity. Nepal images tend to be influenced by similar ones made earlier in India . Nepal sculptures are also influenced by images from China . Images may have originally been painted on the faces or the entire figure.