Lot Essay
Both of these images depict the blissful union of Radha and Krishna. Krishna is depicted playing the flute and the scene stems from the climactic tableau formed at the end of rasalila or other such performances relating to Krishna worship.
For a similar work from the Kalighat School, see J. Jain, Kalighat Painting: Images from a Changing World, Chidambaram, 1999, pl. 63.
For a similar work from the Kalighat School, see J. Jain, Kalighat Painting: Images from a Changing World, Chidambaram, 1999, pl. 63.