Smoking Hookah, Many Faces, Regal Couple: Antique Double-sided Indian Manuscript Page sewing bag crayon on paper with ink

crayon on paper with ink lettering

Weaver on reverse

Cubes measure 1 1/8” cubed

Ink and pencil on rag paper

Smoking Hookah, Many Faces, Regal Couple: Antique Double-sided Indian Manuscript Page sewing bag crayon on paper with inkI purchased this from a dealer in my neck of the woods, who travelled and collected extensively, and interestingly, in Southeast Asia over many years. The text here is in Hindi, though I have not managed to translate it. What struck me first was the wonderful grid of faces of this woman at lower left, a mix of frontal and profile views with some great expressions among them, looking a whole lot like strips of photo booth selfies (or an instagram