SHRI NATHJI PLAYING THE FLUTE Kota, North West India, late 19th century  Opaque pigments and gold on paper, in the centre the blue-skinned god Shri Nathji, a form of the Hindu god Kirshna manifested as a seven-year old child (Balak), standing on a lotus flower and playing the flute, two lavishly-clad female attendants on his sides, holding in their hands bejewelled fly-whisks with peacock's feathers, set in bright red borders, 31cm x 22cm.