Stunning Double Sided Antique Sanscrit Manuscript Page grand tour veiled lady this wonderfully tender gesture of

this wonderfully tender gesture of interlocking arms at the very center of the image

which turns meerschaum (made from the mineral sepiolite) from white to a rich caramel

but I could stare at it all day

and while not especially fancy

Stunning Double Sided Antique Sanscrit Manuscript Page grand tour veiled lady this wonderfully tender gesture ofNot really my expertise (what is?!) but I believe this is quite old, (18th c?) I can't read Sanscrit, and don't know the narrative being represented, but I do know it's an exquisite thing, that makes me think I really need to start paying more attention to Indian manuscripts! I've gone back and forth on which side of the double sided page I like better I'm completely smitten with this pair of men in rich red, one with fists up the other looking as if