Kamadhenu, the Cow of Plenty, India, Punjab Hills, Guler, circa 1760

Christie's, 13 October 1998, lot 5.

Kamadhenu also known as Surabhi is the mother of all cows, the cow of plenty who provides her owner with whatever they seek. In the Mahabharata and the Bhagavata Purana, Kamadhenu and her calf reside with the sage Jamadagni in his hermitage. Where they were captured by the thousand-armed king Kartavirya Arjuna and then rescued by Parashurama.