A Nayika and Her Lover: Page from a Dispersed "Rasamanjari" Series ("Blossom Cluster of Delight"), (Indian) Kashmir, India; c. 1660. Opaque watercolor, gold, and beetle wings on paper, 23.4 x 33 cm. Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Kenneth Galbraith, 1972.74. Photo: Photographic Services © President and Fellows of Harvard College.

This exhibition explores the iconography of the pavilion as a setting for earthly and spiritual love in Rajput paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries. The featured works trace the evolution of the pavilion through a variety of courtly painting schools from north and west India. This installation complements Overlapping Realms: Arts of the Islamic World and India, 900-1900, a sampling of visual arts by the varied peoples who inhabited the region stretching from southern Europe through South Asia.