id:			314140
accession number:	2018.89
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.89
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:59.537000

Raja Bikram Singh of Guler (r. 1661–75) Smoking a Hookah, c. 1680. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Chamba. Gum tempera 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 (r. 1661–75) Smoking a Hookah
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creation date:			c. 1680
creation date earliest:		1675
creation date latest:		1685
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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 Chamba
technique:	gum tempera 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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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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PROVENANCE

	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018-
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.89/2018.89_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.89/2018.89_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.89/2018.89_full.tif