Woman Grasping a Tree Branch, early 18th century, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 5 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. ( × 7 cm), While this painting is a lovely rendering of a beautiful, well-dressed woman of high rank, it also evokes several Indian visual traditions. The woman stands near a lotus pond, a symbol of purity in Indic religious art. She grasps a branch of a nearby tree, an action often depicted in religious sculpture and a possible allusion to the belief that the mere touch of a beautiful woman can cause a tree to spontaneously blossom. , India, Indian, Islamic, Mughal dynasty (1526–1857

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