German made bisque porcelain slip cast figure of Ganesh made for colonial India in the early 1900s. These figures were inspired by paintings by Raja Ravi Varma, who was the first Indian painter to apply European-style realism to Indian subjects, creating a unique style of Indian Naturalism. Prints of his paintings became so popular that German porcelain makers started making figures based on his paintings, Victorian style figures based on Hindu mythology. This figure shows a four armed Ganesh seated on a lotus atop his mouse. He wears a dhoti and the sacred thread runs across his chest. There is some loss of paint, but the porcelain figurine is in perfect condition given its age. There is a stamp “CPW” at the back, confirming that it was made by Carl Paul Werner in Germany during the late 1800s to the early 1900s.

Approximately 5.5 inches in height, 4 inches in width, 2.5 inches in depth and 189 grams in weight.