Smoking Hookah, Many Faces, Regal Couple: Antique Double-sided Indian Manuscript Page milton bradley flash cards with one very tiny barely

with one very tiny barely there sailing ship in the far distance at right in addition to the one nearer afield at left

and pulling apart as needed

Painting: 16 1/4" x 12 1/4"

The decorative cut wood bits

I just think it is a pretty great object

Smoking Hookah, Many Faces, Regal Couple: Antique Double-sided Indian Manuscript Page milton bradley flash cards with one very tiny barelyI purchased this from a dealer in my neck of the woods, who travelled and collected extensively, and interestingly, in Southeast Asia over many years. The text here is in Hindi, though I have not managed to translate it. What struck me first was the wonderful grid of faces of this woman at lower left, a mix of frontal and profile views with some great expressions among them, looking a whole lot like strips of photo booth selfies (or an instagram