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The Krishna-damodara episode. As the child Krishna tied, to a mortar wedged between two trees, frees himself from the ropes that bind him, he pulls the mortar with such strength that the trees are uprooted and two gandharvas - spirits - imprisoned by a curse inside the trees emerge freed and obeisant. Provincial Mughal, possibly Murshidabad. Worm damage to lower left corner. Height 22cm. Width 16.5cm.