Painting — ca. 1760

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting a princess seated on a gold-embroidered white carpet smoking an enamelled <i>huqqa</i>, in her right hand she holds a garland of flowers. Three of her servants are behind her, whilst two sit in front of her playing the sitar and drum. In the foreground is a water tank, in the background the upper storey of the palace, beyond which is a river, silver under moonlight.