This 19th-century mica painting depicts a traditionally dressed Indian couple. On the left, a man wears a white dhoti and angarkha with a red turban, holding a scroll. On the right, a woman in a red saree adorned with gold jewelry carries a writing instrument. The use of mica as a medium gives the artwork a translucent, luminous quality, characteristic of Indian export art produced in the Company period for European patrons. These paintings often illustrated everyday attire, occupations, and customs of India in fine detail.

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