Bronze Valampuri Ganesha Statue - 18th Century Wardrobes lotus scrolls

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A Choksar is a prayer table used in monasteries & homes

Evoking memories of India

Trailing vines and blossoms can be seen painted across the chest on an ochre background

It can be hung in either portrait or landscape

Bronze Valampuri Ganesha Statue - 18th Century Wardrobes lotus scrollsThis auspicious 18th century Ganesha figure is a Valampuri Ganesha (where the trunk is turned to the right. Valampuri Ganesha is the most auspicious of Ganesh figures as the remover of obstacles. This style of miniature Ganesha would have been used in a personal home shrine. This bronze figure is from Tamil Nadu with considerable signs of age and ritual wear including pink tikka paste. He holds an axe in one of his four hands and what looks to be a