Stunning Double Sided Antique Sanscrit Manuscript Page grand tour veiled lady and fully functional

and fully functional

I've seen a few others of these meant to represent bunches of grapes

I keep scooping up these antique stencil wheels whenever I come across them  as I think they're just fantastic things

A couple of chips to the surface of the frame along the top

Stunning Double Sided Antique Sanscrit Manuscript Page grand tour veiled lady and fully functionalNot really my expertise (what is?!) but I believe this is quite old, (18th c?) I can't read Sanscrit, and don't know the narrative being represented, but I do know it's an exquisite thing, that makes me think I really need to start paying more attention to Indian manuscripts! I've gone back and forth on which side of the double sided page I like better I'm completely smitten with this pair of men in rich red, one with fists up the other looking as if