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Pattachitra
Standing Four-Armed Ganesha
Tempera / acrylic on black ground · approx. 30 × 45 cm · 2023–2025
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See it on a wall
A bright-yellow Ganesha stands frontally on a lotus pedestal against a velvety black ground, four arms holding his attributes, heavily ornamented and bordered by a fine ochre vine.
Why this work
The gold-figure-on-black convention descends from the Pattachitra, Tanjore and Mysore devotional schools, where deities were painted to glow by the light of an oil lamp in a home shrine. Ganesha, invoked at every beginning as the remover of obstacles, is the auspicious opening piece of the collection.
Estimate AED 1,900