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# Painting

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Hindu land-owners or officials watching dancers and musicians. The four principal figures are seated in a row under a shamiana (canopy) and upon a carpet on which are also laid huqqas.gulab-pashas (rosewater sprinklars) and other courtly accessories.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1755–1774 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-246-1921](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-246-1921) · Pramāṇa
