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Source Description
As they make love, this couple gazes intently at one another, locking eyes. The inscription at the top of the page describes the scene as “kissing both eyes,” and indicates that it belongs to a series of pictures depicting erotic positions. The couple’s jewelry and the man’s headdress suggest that they belong to the royal house of Kotah. By painting the man blue, the artist associates him with Krishna, the blue-skinned god, who is celebrated as a great lover and worshiped as the supreme deity.
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Document identity
localId
29903
label
Erotic Position: “Kissing Both Eyes”
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
29903
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Erotic Position: “Kissing Both Eyes”
description
As they make love, this couple gazes intently at one another, locking eyes. The inscription at the top of the page describes the scene as “kissing both eyes,” and indicates that it belongs to a series of pictures depicting erotic positions. The couple’s jewelry and the man’s headdress suggest that they belong to the royal house of Kotah. By painting the man blue, the artist associates him with Krishna, the blue-skinned god, who is celebrated as a great lover and worshiped as the supreme deity.
provenance
Sharma, New Delhi, India [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, August 1984, by purchase.
date
ca. 1725
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
miniatures (paintings)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14.1
height
10.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 9/16 x W: 4 3/16 in. (14.1 x 10.6 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
At top; [Transliteration] 14 citra āsana ko du caśmī cuṃban karto; [Translation] Fourteenth picture on (erotic) positions: kissing both eyes
med
pigments on paper
creator_ids
2191
collection_ids
INT
exhibition_ids
2071
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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