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NEPAL, 15TH CENTURY
Details
A painting of an amorous couple
Nepal, 15th century
The couple seated embracing on a floral cushion with a bolster to the left, he with his legs crossed facing his lover and caressing her breast and hair, she with her arms about his neck, the two wearing disk earrings and bangles, their faces finely delineated with elongated eyes and gently curling hair, he with a book lodged in his matted locks
Opaque pigments on paper
6 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (17.4 x 27 cm.)
Nepal, 15th century
The couple seated embracing on a floral cushion with a bolster to the left, he with his legs crossed facing his lover and caressing her breast and hair, she with her arms about his neck, the two wearing disk earrings and bangles, their faces finely delineated with elongated eyes and gently curling hair, he with a book lodged in his matted locks
Opaque pigments on paper
6 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (17.4 x 27 cm.)
Provenance
Spink & Son, Ltd., London
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, acquired in Mid 1980s
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, acquired in Mid 1980s
Literature
P. Pal, Himalayas, An Aesthetic Adventure, 2003, p. 71, cat. no. 40
Exhibited
Himalayas, An Aesthetic Adventure, Art Institute of Chicago, 5 April - 17 August, 2003 and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 18 October 2003 - 11 January 2004.
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