File:Indian - A Sexual Encounter - Walters W871.jpg
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Such paintings as this were not made for titillation, but for education in the art of sex. They illustrate postures described in various sexual manuals, such as Vatsyayana's well-known "Kamasutra." In this Malwa picture the lovers are engaged in the act on a bed that sits in a pavilion with a peacock on its roof beside a tree. A yellow panel along the top was clearly meant to include a description. The band below is adorned with a white meandering vine on red ground. Both figures have fair complexions, but he is more tanned than she.
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| current | 01:50, 4 January 2017 | | 932 × 1,176 (900 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Such paintings as this were not made for titillation, but for education in the art of sex. They illustrate postures described in various sexual manuals, such as Vatsyayana's well-known "Kamasutra." In this Malwa picture the lovers are engaged in the act on a bed that sits in a pavilion with a peacock on its roof beside a tree. A yellow panel along the top was clearly meant to include a description. The band below is adorned with a white meandering vine on red ground. Both figures have fair complexions, but he is more tanned than she. |
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