[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [The British Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm) › Painting # Painting Birds by a pond; single-page unfinished painting on a detached album folio. A parliament of birds beside a pavilion set against a pond or lake. The birds include pairs of parrots, hoopoes, partridges, pheasants, ducks, a pelican, an eared nightjar and a waterhen. Ink and opaque watercolour on paper. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1700–1750 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1948-1009-0-84](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1948-1009-0-84) · Pramāṇa