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Drawing for an Illustration from a Sat Sai of Bihari Lal Series: The Message of the Eyes (recto); Lady in Search of Her Lover on a Dark Night (verso)

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Drawing for an Illustration from a Sat Sai of Bihari Lal Series: The Message of the Eyes (recto); Lady in Search of Her Lover on a Dark Night (verso)

Nainsukh

Date: ca. 1785–90
Type: Painting
Medium: Ochre on paper
Department: Asian Art
Culture: India (Pahari Hills, Kangra)
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 2008.359.29
Credit: Gift of Subhash Kapoor, in memory of his parents, Smt Shashi Kanta and Shree Parshotam Ram Kapoor, 2008

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