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A miniature in which a noble or rajah is shown seated on a bed or charpoi, accompanied by a dancer who has one leg extended and the other bent (a conventional love scene). On the floor in front of the bed, there sits on a low table a wine pitcher with two goblets, and beside it, in a container, a washbasin. With the eyes typical of archaic figures, facing forward though the face is shown in profile. It is a scene full of vitality, cheerful and almost naïve.

Miniatura en la que aparece un noble o rajah sentado en un lecho o charpoi acompañado de una bailarina que tiene una pierna extendida y otra flexionada (una convención amorosa).En el  suelo frente al lecho aparece sobre una mesita baja un jarrón de vino con dos copas y a su lado en un recipiente un aguamanil. Con los ojos típicos de las figuras arcaicas, de frente aunque el rostro se muestra de perfil. Es una escena llena de vitalismo, alegre y casi naif.

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Romantic scene - India - 18th–19th centuries

Good condition - 13 cm

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Escena amorosa, an Indian miniature from the 18th–19th century, 13 cm high by 26 cm wide, in good condition, from a private collection.

Romantic scene - India - 18th–19th centuries

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Escena amorosa, an Indian miniature from the 18th–19th century, 13 cm high by 26 cm wide, in good condition, from a private collection.

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