BABY KRISHNA STEALING BUTTER (GHEE) Thanjavur... Lot 117

BABY KRISHNA STEALING BUTTER (GHEE) Thanjavur (Tanjore), Tamil Nadu, South India, late 19th century Opaque pigments, gold leaf and sukka (limestone paste) on wood, the small vertical-format composition depicting Lord Krishna as a child stealing ghee (clarified butter) from his foster mother Yashoda, the child portrayed with a faint and contented smile on his face, holding the large butter jar under his arm and next to his hip, heavily adorned and wearing a ceremonial garland of fresh pink flowers on his shoulders; Baby Krishna flanked by his foster mother Yashoda to the left, making an offering of a ghee ball to the child, the scene set underneath a lobed golden arch with green curtains, at the bottom a frieze with a devotee offering a ghee ball prasada to a white cow, mounted, glazed and framed, 25.5cm x 20cm including the frame.