Ganesha, Hindu god and Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect. Depicted with an elephant head and four arms, god of arts and sciences, good luck, wisdom. Pollear. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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