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Princess smoking a hookah

c. 1760

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Medium
gum tempera, ink, gold, and beetle-wing carapaces on paper
Measurements
Page: 32.1 x 25.3 cm (12 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Image: 24.1 x 16 cm (9 1/2 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.106
Public Domain
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Location
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Did You Know?

The artist has used beetle wings for emeralds in the jewelry.

Description

A lady seated at window smokes a hookah. She wears a translucent lilac blouse and gold trousers and adorns herself with jewelry comprising pearls, gold, and emeralds. Reclining against a large bolster, she is engrossed in smoking her hookah made of gold and porcelain. The painting may have been intended to be presented to the king by the artist.

Princess smoking a hookah

c. 1760

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

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