A NAYIKA AND HER COMPANIONS IN A TERRACED PAVILION

Good and stable overall condition as viewed. Slight stains and discoloration to the upper and lower ground of the image particularly in areas of white are clearly visible in catalog illustration. Minute losses to pigment on the faces and figures of some of the ladies. This lot is exhibited in a temporary frame.
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A nayika sits on the terrace of a palace smoking a huqqah and attended by handmaidens. Speaking to her confidante she waits for the return of her beloved.  Within a white marble palace complex, a river in the distance, the peaks of the mountains in the background. The painting likely produced in a workshop associated with the artist Sajnu of Mandi.