KANGRA, PUNJAB HILLS, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1810

In this lyrical painting, Krishna stands playing his flute surrounded by adoring gopis, their admiration emphasised by the flourishing blossoms framing Krishna. A comparable scene was sold in these Rooms, 25 May 2017, lot 56A and another, slightly earlier, example is in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (inv.no. 2006.10).