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Augury of the crow (Vasakasajja Nayika)

c. 1800

Gum tempera and gold on paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Nayika is the term for a heroine figure in Indian art, literature, and drama.

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