Ganesha Leads Shiva and Durga in Procession
India, Western Rajasthan, 18th century Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
9 x 11 7/8 in. (22.9 x 30.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund, 2004
2004.398
Museums & GalleriesUpper East Side
Ganesha: Lord of New Beginnings
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Artworks that span eras, from the 7th century to the 21st, trace the many depictions of Ganesha, son of Shiva and Parvati, across the Indian subcontinent, Himalayan range and Southeast Asia. While Ganesha is known as a deity with a sweet tooth and a magician who removes quotidian obstacles, he is sometimes represented as having a more feared element, befitting his role as head of the nature deities.
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