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Detail of a pichhwai showing landscape and female figures, from Andhra Pradesh, 18th century; in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai.

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Detail of a pichhwai showing landscape and female figures, from Andhra Pradesh, 18th century; in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai.

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