early 17th century
The design, executed in a combination of painting and marbling, features a man and a woman standing in a landscape with Western-style buildings in the background. The scene is framed by multiple borders, both marbled and floral, with illuminated bands above and below. It is mounted on an album folio decorated with gold flowers on a blue ground.
Ink with opaque watercolor and gold on paper
17th-18th centuryIndianBlack ink on beige paper
17th centuryIndianInk with opaque watercolor and gold on paper
17th-18th centuryIndianInk with opaque watercolor and gold on paper
17th-18th centuryIndianInk with opaque watercolor and gold on paper
17th-18th centuryIndianInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
17th centuryIndianOpaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
17th centuryIndianInk with opaque watercolor and gold on paper
17th-18th centuryIndianInk with opaque watercolor and gold on paper
17th-18th centuryIndianInk with opaque watercolor and gold on paper
17th-18th centuryIndianInk with opaque watercolor and gold on paper
17th-18th centuryIndianInk with opaque watercolor and gold on paper
17th-18th centuryIndian