A SILVER REPOUSSÉ HANDHELD MIRROR
Tamil Nadu, South India, late 19th - early 20th century

Of typical oval shape, the back and handle highly chased with rosettes, vegetal motifs and lobed cartouches filled with heavenly beings, apsaras, and gods of the Hindu Pantheon striking dance poses or holding a variety of attributes, in the centre a representation of Krishna playing the flute and holding two conch shells next to a cow, on the handle baby Krishna dancing on a water snake (Kalinga Nardhana) repeated on the front and back, 33cm x 14cm.