id:			314140
accession number:	2018.89
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.89
updated:		2025-06-02 15:30:51.482000

Raja Bikram Singh of Guler (reigned 1661–85) smoking a hookah, c. 1678–90. Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 21.7 x 28.8 cm (8 9/16 x 11 5/16 in.); image: 17.2 x 24.4 cm (6 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.89

title:				Raja Bikram Singh of Guler (reigned 1661–85) smoking a hookah
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creation date:			c. 1678–90
creation date earliest:		1678
creation date latest:		1690
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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, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh
technique:	gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 21.7 x 28.8 cm (8 9/16 x 11 5/16 in.); Image: 17.2 x 24.4 cm (6 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
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	inscription:	gulerīyā rāja bikrama siṃgha
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	inscription:	On Verso

Devanāgari numerals: 53 

Arabic numerals: 2.74 

English notation: No.138 
                                C 

Two purple ink stamps: 
Chughtai Museum Trust 
Mian Salah Mimar Lane 
4 Garden Town 
Lahore-16 Pakistan  850733 

Single black stamp in Urdū: Chughtai
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2018-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10, 2018-April 7, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Abdur Rehman Chughtai, Lahore, Pakistan
	date: ?–1975
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	Muhammad Abdullah Chughtai, Lahore and New York
	date: until?
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	Doris Wiener Ltd., New York, NY
	date: ?–1984
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	Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Los Angeles
	date: 1984–2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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