A NAYIKA BECKONING ANIMALS IN THE FOREST Pahari school, North India, 19th century Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the central female heroine resting against a lush green tree and holding one of her pearl necklaces to a curious fawn, a gazelle staring, birds chirping in the sky and some resting on the branches of the tree, the composition framed within bright red and blue borders marked with white lines, an inscription in Arabic letters at the top Jiji vanta rakhni, mounted, framed and glazed, 48.5cm x 35cm.