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Lovers Embracing (Raga Malkaus)

c. 1760

India, Rajasthan, Bundi, 18th century

Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Image: 26 x 15 cm (10 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.); Overall: 28.7 x 17.9 cm (11 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
James Parmelee and Cornelia Blakemore Warner Funds 1968.107
Public Domain
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Print
A vertically oriented tempera and ink painting depicts a man and woman with light skin tones embracing on a patterned rug against a large red bolster. The man wears a red turban and yellow robe; the woman wears an orange and green dress. To our left stands a white building; to our right is a smoking pipe. Above, two birds fly in a pale blue sky near a moon. A red border surrounds the scene.

Lovers Embracing (Raga Malkaus)

c. 1760

India, Rajasthan, Bundi, 18th century

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