Radha with Krishna on a Swing

Intricate carvings of deities and detailed scenes from the epics were popular themes represented on sandalwood objects. Radha-Krishna were popular imagery for decorative arts objects produced in the Indian subcontinent during the 19th – 20th centuries. Carved sandalwood objects from South India often depicted mythological animals, elephants, flying cherubs as evident in this object. The British attempt to encourage naturalism, or the realistic portrayal of nature, is also visible in the depiction of flora and fauna in this object.