Rear View of Ganesha with the Face of a Monster, Isidore Kinsbergen, 1867
albumen print, h 340mm × w 290mm More details
Kinsbergen often photographed both the front and back of important sculptures in a scientific manner. Here the back of Ganesha’s head is protected by the growling face of a monster or kala. The inscription on the base is a dating in words, and probably places the sculpture in the year 1161 of the Shaka Era, or the year 1239 CE.
