KRISHNA AND RADHA IN A TENDER EMBRACE
Northern India, late 19th – early 20th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting Krishna and Radha sharing a moment of tenderness, both figures haloed and wearing blue and gold garments creating the optical illusion of unity, the lush green nature around them framing their tender embrace, the scene set within burgundy borders decorated with golden vegetal tendrils, the verso with a numerical inscription 294, 16.8cm x 12.2cm.