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W.904, Single leaf of a pleasure pavilion

Abstract

This single leaf shows a gathering of pleasure-seeking men outside a pavilion, where a number of women sit. The painting, which dates to the middle of the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE, was executed in northern India, possibly Lucknow. Some of the awaiting women drink wine while others attend to the hookahs. In the right corner, a man in yellow dress sits with betel quids, watching two men embroiled in a dispute, one with a dagger drawn. A second pair, at the far end and close to the pavilion, seems also to be enraged enough to draw blood. The rest wait in anticipation, smoking and conversing.

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1. fol. W.904a

   
   • W904_000001_798.tif
     Size: 330.2 MB (346,217,712 bytes)
   • W904_000001_300.tif
     Size: 41.0 MB (43,041,702 bytes)
   • W904_000001_sap.jpg
     Size: 873.2 kB (894,156 bytes)
   • W904_000001_thumb.jpg
     Size: 16.7 kB (17,145 bytes)

2. fol. W.904b

   
   • W904_000002_600.tif
     Size: 182.6 MB (191,443,526 bytes)
   • W904_000002_300.tif
     Size: 40.4 MB (42,322,502 bytes)
   • W904_000002_sap.jpg
     Size: 694.8 kB (711,446 bytes)
   • W904_000002_thumb.jpg
     Size: 11.1 kB (11,323 bytes)