Fascinating Hybrid: Indo-Persian Mughal Manuscript Painting after Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry couple in sled subtle palette on this one

subtle palette on this one makes lends it a particular sort of otherworldliness

To the right

And the black painted toe on the top side of the shoe mimics that joint on the underside in a great way

as if to say hands--or bottoms--off

Fascinating Hybrid: Indo-Persian Mughal Manuscript Painting after Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry couple in sled subtle palette on this oneThis one has been a process trying to figure out, and remains a bit of a mystery to me still, but first and foremost I think it is just gorgeous in all of its ultra rich color and impossibly fine detail, and of course those flowers and butterflies consuming the border totally do it for me (complete with shadows, looking rather as if poised to ultimately consume the scene at center, too!) With some searching I've figured out that the scene represented