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‘Sundaris sharing a rose’ and ‘Golap Sundari’ are exemplary of erotic art popular in 19th century Calcutta, India. 


Usually sold as pin up prints, they depict women- particularly the new class of widows - who were forced into sex work. 

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When sati (the act of a widow sacrificing herself by sitting on her husband’s funeral pyre) was abolished, many women were abandoned by their families. Forced to fend for themselves, they turned to prostitution and other arts of seduction as their only means of survival.

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‘Sundari’ Isn’t a name, it literally translates to beautiful woman.

From what I know, Tripura means 3 cities, & Tripura Sundari’s form of Shakti (among the various other cool things about the deity)

These are so beautiful and I have about a million questions! 

To list just one, I'm curious about the name 'Sundari', which for me evokes Tripura Sundari, one of the tantric goddesses from the Mahavidyas. Of course every Sanskrit word holds immense richness and may point to many things... 

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Yeah, they has really interesting history and social conditions around them! 

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Yeah, and it’s got such an interesting history to it too!

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I thought so too! They’re very captivating!

Beautiful.... Looks like kalighat paintings  💞