An Illustrated and Illuminated Album leaf: Two women and a small child visiting a yogi and yogini at night, Provincial Mughal, India, late 18th century

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an album page, inner margins ruled with gold, blue and red with foliate scrolls, with wide borders of stout cream paper decorated with bold gilt floral designs,

In good overall condition, some very minor losses to the paint at the middle right edge of the painting and on the clothing of the child, colours bold and gold briht, as viewed.
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