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India Rajasthan, Mewar, Udaipur, attributed to the “Stipple Master”

A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey

c. 1705–1710
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
48.5 × 58.7 cm (19.1 × 23.1 in)

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