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Woodwind, by Richard Harrington, Michael Schreibman, December 05, 1972. Cover art by Alison White.

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Vorlagen zum Porzellanmalen nach alten Mustern - A. Göppinger - 1880 - via Internet Archive

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Collage of cut-out pictures pasted on blue paper album page, attributed to Michael Snijders, c. 1690 - 1720 .

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Valentine Hugo - The Three Angels, after Piero della Francesca, March 1935. Ink drawing on transparent film, 23 x 17,3 cm.

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PAUL ÉLUARD + VALENTINE HUGO LES ANIMAUX & LES HOMMES LES HOMMES & LES ANIMAUX

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Valentine HUGO / Paul ELUARD, Le phénix. GLM, Paris 1952, 19,5x27,5cm, broché

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Attributed to the workshop of Golu, son of Devidasa, A forlorn lover, fragment from a Rasamanjari, ca. 1710-ca. 1715

This lotus-eyed woman with henna-tipped fingers is one of the 384 types of female lover described in the Rasamanjari (Bouquet of Rasa), a poetic classification of lovers (nayakas and nayikas) and love situations. Composed c. 1500 by Maithili Brahmin Bhanadutta, probably in Ahmednagar, Deccan, its Sanskrit verses had a huge impact on Hindu court painting and the development of the Hindi literary tradition (ritikal).

She appears to be an experienced nayika (heroine) waiting for her lover because she is fully adorned in jewelry, and sits topless by a bed. Bhanadutta describes such a nayika:

She put on all her jewelry,

Perfumed her thick head of hair,

And at her bedside had them place areca nut and betel leaf.

And the bedroom, when the woman

entered, her body all aglow,

was a darkened overcast day

set ablaze by golden ketaki flowers.

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Tile, 13th. century. Small octagon tile. Lustre decoration with central rosette. One corner missing and part of lustre rubbed off. Persia. .

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Deer-stalking at night, attributed to Mir Kalan Khan, 18th century. Color and gold on paper. .

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Corner piece tile. Iran, 17th. century. Cuerda seco earthenware. .

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https://www.bonhams.com/auction/26902/lot/1226/four-botanical-studies-company-school-madras-circa-1839-49/

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Valentine Hugo (1887-1968) - Vache, from: Paul Eluard, Les Animaux et leurs hommes, les hommes et leurs animaux, 1937. Etching printed in blue on Arches wove paper. .

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Valentine Hugo - The Three Angels, after Piero della Francesca, March 1935. Ink drawing on transparent film, 23 x 17,3 cm.

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Valentine Hugo, Collage,1946.  Collage on cardboard.  

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Compass Card. Kleman & Zoon, J.M., 1825 .

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Richard Tepe. Group portrait of children with ducks and cats, c. 1900-1930.

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Richard Tepe. Group portrait of children in Bunschoter traditional costumes, c. 1900-1930.