id:			314239
accession number:	2018.106
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.106
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:18.268000

Seated Lady Smoking a Hookah, c. 1780. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Guler. Gum tempera, gold, and beetle-wing carapaces on paper; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.106

title:				Seated Lady Smoking a Hookah
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creation date:			c. 1780
creation date earliest:		1775
creation date latest:		1785
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creditline:			Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Guler
technique:	gum tempera, gold, and beetle-wing carapaces on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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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.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Verso: four lines of Persian script on the diagonal: “this picture of B(h)avadnal (a) Sankrhald was obtained from (found in) Biruval, Monday 23….9253.”  Bhiruwal is slightly south-east of Lahore city.
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fun fact:
The artist has used beetle wings for emeralds in the jewelry.

digital 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.

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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.106/2018.106_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.106/2018.106_full.tif