Dimension: Height 12 cm ; Wide 5 cm ; Depth 3 cm with base

Weight: 141 grams with base

Ganesha, lord of obstacles, can both create and remove challenges to success, and he is worshiped for his divine favour. In Nepal, where this sculpture was made, both Hindus and Buddhists worship Ganesha. He is associated with abundance and wealth, as his well-fed body suggests. His favourite sweets, held in a bowl in his lower left hand, are always in plentiful supply, and the radish held in his lower right hand carries associations with fertility and abundance. Here, Ganesha also holds a axe his upper left hand; his upper right hand holds prayer beads. The trunk that reaches into the bowl of sweets. This sculpture may have been made for a Hindu or Buddhist devotee; both traditions worship Ganesha.