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A DOUBLE-SIDED ALBUM FOLIO FROM THE RASKIA PRIYA OF KESHAV DAS: A COUPLE CONVERSING AND A COUPLE EMBRACING
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- A DOUBLE-SIDED ALBUM FOLIO FROM THE RASKIA PRIYA OF KESHAV DAS: A COUPLE CONVERSING AND A COUPLE EMBRACING
- Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
- image: recto 7 by 5 3/8 in. (17.8 by 13.7 cm); verso 7 by 5 1/4 in. (17.8 by 13.3 cm)
- folio: 8 3/8 by 6 5/8 in. (21.3 by 16.9 cm) unframed
Catalogue Note
The recto depicting a Nayika and a Nayaka conversing within a red chamber of a small pavilion. A sakhi approaching. The verso depicting a couple embracing.
For comparable illustrated examples refer to Amy G. Poster, Realms of Heroism: Indian Paintings at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1994, pp.182-85, cat. 138-14; Linda York Leach, Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings, Cleveland Museum of Art, Part I, pp. 209-10 and Alice Heeramaneck, Masterpieces of Indian Painting, Verona ,1984, p. 22 and p. 37, cat 16-17.