Painting on paper representing two young girls on a terrace, China, 18th century Ink and polychrome on paper, probably an album page. One of the young girls, looking melancholic, is sitting on the terrace of a rich estate, leaning on the back of her chair, one of her hands holding the other. While another woman is watching from inside behind a panel. The terrace is surrounded by trees of different species. The artist has painted the wooden structures of the terrace, the panel separating the room, the edge of the roof and the window, as well as the embroidered clothes or the jade pendant of the seated girl in a very realistic way, with great detail. This kind of painting appeared in the late Ming period and during the 17th century, until the late 18th century is called Meiren hua - 美人畫 - "paintings of pretty women". Framed under glass. 31x33 cm on view 十八世纪 - 纸本设色庭院仕女图