AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A GITA GOVINDA: A KRISHNA LILA SCENE
Awadh (Oudh), Northern India, mid to late 19th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting a typical Krishna Lila scene with the blue-skinned Hindu god Krishna dancing with his beloved Radha in the forest, the couple surrounded by female musicians playing typical Indian musical instruments, mounted on a later buff-coloured album page border, with random later annotations in black ink nasta'liq script on the reverse, 33.5cm x 23cm.