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Women Play Music for Radha and Krishna: Chitrini Nayika, from a Rasikapriya

c. 1650
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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Krishna wears a translucent yellow tunic ( jama ), tied under the right arm, which is usually the convention for Muslims.

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