Couple on a Bed in the Lovemaking Asana of Phanabhritpasha - Nepal, Bhaktapur, circa 1700


Medium: Opaque watercolour with gold on treated cloth

This posture, 'The Knot of the Hooded One', is descibed in the 'Ratiratnapradipika' ( composed by Maharaja Prauadha Devaraya of Vijayanagara r.1422-66): "When your lover passes her arms under her raised thighs and twines her fingers together behind your neck, pulling your face down to be kissed"

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