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Framed Print of Enjoyment of Women, Islamic Manuscript, 18th Century
A three-quarter-page painting, in opaque watercolors and gilt, of a woman inside a house lying on the ground with arms extended, her head and shoulders on a bolster pillow while a turbaned figure, possibly a physician, walks away. From a Persian treatise on sexual hygiene titled Ladhdhat al-nisa (The Enjoyment of Women) translated from an Indian text and copied and illustrated by Nakhshabi, whose dates are uncertain. The copy is undated; the miniatures are typical of provincial Mughal work of north-west India, especially Kashmir, in the 18th century. Sexual hygiene was popular topic of monographs. The treatises usually included procedures and recipes useful for enhancing the pleasure of sexual intercourse and for aphrodisiacs, and sometimes procedures for ensuring the production of offspring. They also often included instructions for regimen and hygiene that would make a person more attractive, as well as cosmetic procedures and recipes. The treatise which Nakhshabi prepared was probably one of several Persian versions of a Hindi text called Kok-shastar or Kokasara and attributed to one Koka, or Koka pandit, and based on a Sanskrit text. Koka pandit wrote in Sanskrit a book entitled Ratirahasya (On the Art of Love), and it is probably this book from which the later Hindi and Persian versions derive. © National Library of Medicine / Science Source
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Media ID 47337894
18th Asia Asian Doctor Doctors Eighteenth Female Females Gold Hygenic Hygiene Hygienic India Indian Indians Iranian Islam Islamic Manuscript Mughal Painting Paintings Patient Patients Persian Sexual Sick Sickness Text Translation Treatise Watercolor Watercolors Watercolour Watercolours Woman Women Writing
Modern Frame 14"x12" (36x31cm)
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Wood effect frame, card mounted, 10x8 fade resistant photo print. Overall outside dimensions 14x12 inches (36x31cm). Environmentally and ozone friendly, 40mm wide x 15mm Polycore® moulding has the look of real wood, is durable and light and easy to hang. Biodegradable and made with non-chlorinated gases (no toxic fumes) it is efficient; producing 100 tons of polystyrene can save 300 tons of trees! Prints are glazed with lightweight, shatterproof, optical clarity acrylic (providing the same general protection from the environment as glass). The back is stapled hardboard with a sawtooth hanger attached. Note: measurements provided are estimated outer dimensions, which include both the image and the frame. While we aim to keep sizing consistent, exact dimensions may vary slightly due to differences in print size or production requirements, which may result in a variation in the overall size (up to approximately 2.5cm (1"))
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Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 15.5cm x 24.4cm (6.1" x 9.6")
Estimated Product Size is 31cm x 36cm (12.2" x 14.2")
