Courtesan and her maids on a terrace, Mughal India, late 18th - early 19th century Gouache and gold on paper depicting a woman, dressed in European style with ample cleavage, seated on a throne in the middle of a terrace. A servant hands her a cup and saucer, while another in the foreground holds a ceramic bottle in one hand and a third, standing behind her seat, carries a morshal, ready to fan her mistress. In the background, a richly flowered and wooded garden. Mounted on an album page with a margin decorated with gilded foliage scrolls on a cardboard page. Painting size: 19.3 x 15.8 cm; page size: 26.8 x 21.3 cm Discoloration, repaints, accidents.