原創畫作

Ganesha

神祇

Ganesha

尺寸

9 x 12

This Thangka painting depicts the elephant-headed deity Ganesha in a traditional Tibetan Buddhist iconographic style, where he is revered as a protector deity (Dharmapala) and wealth bringer. Rendered in bright white, four-armed Ganesha performs a rhythmic dance atop his vehicle, a dark shrew or rat (mushika), which rests on a sun disc cushion floating over a colorful lotus pedestal. In his hands, he carries symbolic attributes including an axe, a bowl of sweets, mala beads, and a radish or tusk fragment, while a third eye adorns his forehead beneath a jewel-encrusted crown. Flowing blue and yellow silk scarves frame his form against a soft blue gradient sky, framed above by symbols of the sun, moon, and stars, and anchored below by burning incense and sacred offerings.