A Royal Woman in a Pavilion: Desavarari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala, c. 1695. Gum tempera, silver, and gold on paper; page: x cm (15 x 11 3/8 in.). A sumptuous palace setting depicts the women’s quarters. In the upper register a woman approaches a bed made under a canopy on a terrace overlooking a lotus pool in the middle of which is a pleasure pavilion. An attendant holds a peacock tail feather whisk to indicate the royal status of the woman in the center; two musicians play drum and cymbals in the lower right.

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