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Desakh ragini: three female acrobats perform around a pole in a palace chamber.

Two lines of nagari script in upper portion. One stands on her hands, one leaps to the side, one holds a cymbal. All three adorned with jewels and pearls and dressed in orange shorts. Rajasthan, possibly Bundi or Kotah, late seventeenth century.
It is uncommon to illustrate this ragini with female acrobats.

Gouache on paper. 204 x 165mm. (8 x 6.5ins).
MI000013 £750
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