Erotic scene, North India, late 19th - early 20th century Gouache and gold on paper depicting a man and two women coupled on a palace terrace by candlelight. Mounted as an album page on cardboard with gilded margins. Set in a leather binding with stamped and gilded decoration of polylobed medallions with double appendages. On the back of the page, collector's label "Raccolta E. Imbert Milano, n°28" and Persian inscription in black ink. Painting size: 14.7 x 11 cm; page size: 21.4 x 27.3 cm; binding size: 22.8 x 18 cm Wear, small cracks, restorations, wetness and scratches on binding.