Ganesh and his mount

Amazingly innovative, this form of Ganesh is a blend of the Master and his mount, and even the form of the mouse, the mount, except its tail, is more like a frog. Simply an elephant trunk, larger than normal, usually mounted on a human torso with any number of arms, four, six, eight or more, in the Ganapati imagery, has been mounted here direct on the body of the mouse, though even the identity of the mouse is established from its tail and tail’s characteristic behavior. Figure’s mischievous eyes and large winnowing basket-like ears re-affirm the identity of Ganesh.