Smoking Hookah, Many Faces, Regal Couple: Antique Double-sided Indian Manuscript Page woven rug About 7 1/2" widest diameter

About 7 1/2" widest diameter

Dark green ceiling wax is holding the shop very firmly in place

preservation

and a few spots where the grass has darkened a bit - all as documented

The graphite drawn side is smoother oil/waxed cloth

Smoking Hookah, Many Faces, Regal Couple: Antique Double-sided Indian Manuscript Page woven rug About 7 1/2" widest diameterI 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