NATHDWARA, RAJASTHAN, LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY

A pichhvai in the collection of the Calico Museum, Ahmedabad, also depicts a single standing figure of Krishna (Kay Talwar and Kalyan Krishna, Indian Pigment Paintings on Cloth, Ahmedabad, 1979, p.72, no.97). Among the symbolic details which can be seen in this pichhvai is the rose which he holds in his raised hand, which symbolises the miraculous lifting of Mount Govardhan, while in his other hand he holds lotuses and a herding stick. On the floor are a box for laddu sweets and a water jug.