LORD GANESHA WITH CONSORTS RIDDHI AND SIDDHI  Kangra, Pahari Hills, North India, late 19th century  Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the horizontal, oval composition depicting Lord Ganesha seated cross-legged on a golden canopy throne, with a golden halo and clad in pearl strings and jewellery, on the left his consort Riddhi (prosperity) offering him his favourite treat, laddus, and water in a bejewelled golden water pot, Siddhi (spiritual power) on the right fanning him with a fly-whisk and holding a handkerchief, his faithful vahana (vehicle) Mus lying on the left of the throne, framed within floral borders on dark blue ground, gilt arabesques on the corner on white ground, on red speckled, pink-washed paper, mounted on white cardboard, 47.2cm x 32cm including mount. For a similar example, please see Bonhams New York, 14 September 2015, lot 114.