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circa 1880

Palm-leaf page from an illustrated version of the Orissan poem 'Lavanyavati'. On the right, a nobleman sits under an awning smoking a huqqa, with a petitioner before him. An empty palanquin waits outside. Flowering trees separate pairs of figures, the first one mounted and the others standing. The design is incised on the palm-leaf and then blackened with soot; small areas of red pigment are also added.