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Raja Chattar Singh smoking

Raja Chattar Singh smoking

c. 1680
Page: 19.7 x 16.4 cm (7 3/4 x 6 7/16 in.); Image: 15.3 x 12.6 cm (6 x 4 15/16 in.)
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.109
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The Raja wears a Central Asian robe instead of the popular Mughal jama.

Description

Raja Chattar Singh’s reign is considered a period of prosperity for Chamba which resulted in the expansion of boundaries and economic prosperity. He is best known for defying Aurangzeb’s orders to demolish all the Hindu temples in his realm, and instead installed copper gilts on the temples which exist to this day.
  • 1968–2012
    (Doris Wiener, New York, NY, sold to Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer)
    2012–2018
    Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2018–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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